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PDAF and the jeepney: Why the pork barrel should be abolished

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PDAF and the jeepney: Why the pork barrel should be abolished

I think the pork barrel should be abolished. Some people think some people have benefited from pork barrel money and that abolishing it will be like throwing the baby out along with the bath water. Perhaps. But that is really the sort of Robin Hood mentality that has no place in a modern 21st Century…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Nearing his 12th month: But where is the VISION of Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III?

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Nearing his 12th month: But where is the VISION of Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III?

In a previous article, I noted how Manuel Buencamino, a noted apologist of the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III attempted to debunk a remark made by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri that highlighted Aquino’s lack of any sort of vision (the type that refers to the future) for the Philippines. Zubiri said that Noynoy…

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Development, Economy, Government, Politics