Councilors ask DBM lawmakers’ pork barrel projects
Councilor (Mahipus) said the resolution is for the “interest of transparency and good governance” and in line with clamor of Davaoenos who joined Monday’s nationwide anti-pork barrel protest.
Councilor (Mahipus) said the resolution is for the “interest of transparency and good governance” and in line with clamor of Davaoenos who joined Monday’s nationwide anti-pork barrel protest.
Many participants in Davao’s Million People March were first-timers and found the march-rally ‘inspiring’ and ‘educational.’
I have yet to see and hear in the media a Moro politician speak openly for the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)or commonly called Pork Barrel. Since this debate raged on in Congress, the Moro politicians have been silent about PDAF. Worse, some sang the initial tune of President Benigno Aquino III and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte – that is in defense of the pork.
These nuns do their selfie protest against the pork barrel and other issues in Mindanao during the Sisters' Association in Mindanao (SAMIN) 30th anniversary Congress last August 23 to 25 in Benedictine Sisters' Retreat House in Ulas. Some 80 SAMIN nuns will join Monday's nationwide protests against the pork barrel system. (contributed photo by SAMIN)