Tag: pork barrel

Pork outrage vs viral videos: Filipinos get angry with the wrong head

September 6, 2013 Kate Natividad 29 Comments

Another week another viral video. I saw Ms Ilda’s earlier tweet where she expressed what seems to be exasperation over the attention “leaked” intimate videos routinely get… Sigh…accdng to the site stats, most Pinoys would rather read about Chito, Neri, Wally & Yosh’s s*x video than about #porkbarrelscam That kinda makes me angry. There is…

Crime, Culture, Media

Filipino politicians will start doing their jobs properly if the voters stopped treating them like celebrities

September 4, 2013September 4, 2013 Ilda 72 Comments

A wise man once said that politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. The wise man’s words should be applied today especially with Philippine politicians. I mean, why do Filipinos have to wait until the next election before getting rid of blundering politicians? It’s like a prolonged…

Crime, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Anti pork barrel protests need not be complicated. Just take the celebrities out of the loop.

September 4, 2013 benign0 7 Comments

These are confusing times for would-be protesters. Everyone, it seems, is in agreement over the need to scrap the pork barrel gravy train that, for many politicians, has become the whole point of vying for a seat in Congress. Trouble is there are too many “experts” on what, where, when, and how protest rallies should…

Crime, Politics, Society

EVERYONE is a suspect: Vast infrastructure of pork barrel thievery on the verge of being revealed!

September 2, 2013September 3, 2013 benign0 50 Comments

The Law is catching up with what may be hundreds of politicians who are likely to have made a killing skimming hefty “living allowances” off the ‘Priority Development Assistance Funds’ (more commonly known as the pork barrel). Senator Jinggoy Estrada, for one, issued what some call a preemptive palusot reportedly saying that he fears that…

Crime, Politics

The September 11 EDSA Shrine Scrap Pork Prayer Vigil

September 2, 2013September 2, 2013 P. Farol 27 Comments

The upcoming September 11 EDSA Shrine prayer vigil against pork barrel funding seems to be getting a lot of flak for supposedly being covertly orchestrated by the Aquino Administration to serve some hidden agenda. A couple of people in various threads on Facebook are telling people not to participate in the September 11 EDSA Shrine…

Government

With The Pork Barrel Scandal Comes Opportunity

September 2, 2013 Gogs 15 Comments

I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay. Jason Collins current NBA free agent Ilda told me last week (via FB ) that I should bend while the metal is hot. The challenge of course knowing if your “metal” is hot or what hot really is or what your metal is…

Culture, Government, Politics

The Pork Ball From Different Angles

August 30, 2013August 31, 2013 John Bay 10 Comments

I have been fortunate enough to have been invited to the Rotary Club of Manila by its President Rudy Bediones at the Manila Polo Club, August 29, 2013. The Rotary Club of Manila (RCM) has a long tradition of inviting excellent speakers, many of which come from their esteemed membership. The motive for me was…

Government, Politics

Malacañang mouthpiece Edwin Lacierda flip-flops on Congressional pork

August 29, 2013August 29, 2013 benign0 18 Comments

First it was a dare to give up pork… [Quoted from Manila Standard Today.] Furthermore… Lacierda said it was also up to Congress to decide on the fate of the P27 billion in Priority Development Assistance Funds or PDAF in the proposed 2014 national budget. Then it was claiming that “elected representatives” know their constituencies…

Crime, Money Talks