Jejomar Binay is the Mutt to Beat
As much as I hate to admit it, Jejomar Binay is the mutt to beat in the 2016 presidential elections just because of the demography of stupidity in the Philippines …
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Pork Barrel has evolved from PDAF and DAP into something that is yet-to-be-named
Pork Barrel, the primary feature and, to many Filipino politicians, the whole point of Philippine politics is not dead yet. It remains alive, despite the crushing of its two biggest …
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What is left for President Aquino to report in his 5th SONA to be delivered July 28, 2014?
Now that Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is officially a lame duck president in the aftermath of a devastating Supreme Court ruling that rendered his financial brainchild, the …
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Malacanang gives former starlet Lani Mercado the time of day
It’s as if it weren’t an infantile enough act that Lani Mercado, Cavite Representative and wife of imprisoned Senator Bong Revilla would announce her plans to spitefully skip attending the …
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8 reasons why the pork barrel funds and other Presidential funds should be abolished
Rumor has it that there will be a campaign to try and convince the public that members of Philippine Congress need the priority development assistance funds (PDAF) or pork barrel …
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Perhaps abolishing the pork barrel isn’t really good for Filipinos’ health after all
All quiet on the western front. First the outrage, now the quiet. Surprisingly, even the Inquirer.net editor’s curiosity was aroused today… But why was there no remark whatsoever on the …
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Lani Mercado, the pork barrel, and Filipinos’ squatter mentality
This is what ‘actress-politician’ Lani Mercado, wife of actor-turned-senator Bong Revilla had to say about the idea of scrapping altogether the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel: “Basta …
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