MANILA, Philippines—Environment Secretary Ramon Paje on Friday said Sen. Loren Legarda isn't on the list of lawmakers that channeled millions of pesos in pork barrel fund entitlements to the Philippine Forest Corp. (Philforest) that is already being lined by the administration up for abolition. Paje made the remark during the department's presentation before the Senate committee on finance of its proposed P23.4-billion share in the P2.26-trillion national budget for 2014. Legarda's subcommittee heard and endorsed to plenary the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) budget proposal on Friday as well as that of the Climate Change Co...
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