INQUIRER.net: Senate deliberates on P2.27Tr budget amid ‘pork’ row

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Senate deliberates on P2.27Tr budget amid 'pork' row Aug 27th 2013, 01:59 MANILA, Philippines -- The Senate  on  Tuesday  began  deliberations on  the  proposed P2.268 trillion national  budget amid corruption allegations in the use of  legislators' Priority  Development  Assistance Fund (PDAF) known as  "pork barrel". No less than Senate President Franklin Drilon recognized that for the first time, the Senate opened its budget deliberations  "under an  environment of mistrust, distrust, and even anger of the  people on the legislature and in the government in general because of allegations of corruption and abuses in the PDAF." "We can't ignore that. That's where we are today. Indeed, we should hold ourselves accountab... Keep on reading: Senate deliberates on P2.27Tr budget amid ‘pork’ row Media files: franklin-drilon.jpg (image/jpeg)

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