INQUIRER.net: Drilon: Scrap the pork barrel

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Drilon: Scrap the pork barrel Jul 14th 2013, 22:46 MANILA, Philippines—Senator Franklin Drilon, who is expected to be the next Senate President, is proposing to scrap the pork barrel funds of congressmen and senators amid reports of an alleged scam involving some legislators who have made available their pork to dummy nongovernment organizations for purported ghost projects worth P10 billion over the past 10 years.   "Let's just scrap the pork barrel," Drilon said in Filipino during an early-morning interview over DZMM.   He said, though, that his pork barrel had not been used for any irregular activities.   Drilon said another option, if the pork barrel would not be scrapped, is to limit the ... Keep on reading: Drilon: Scrap the pork barrel Media files: 25drilon.jpg (image/jpeg)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions