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A FORMER ally of sixth district Rep. Luigi Quisumbing is accusing him of making anomalous purchases during the first years of his term as congressman. Former Transportation and Communication undersecretary Elberto Emphasis, who used to be an…
The Commission on Audit (COA) called the attention of the Cebu provincial government over the non-implementation of about P90 million worth of projects. State auditors also said the Capitol should have returned to the national treasury P6…
CEBU City Hall will receive P5 million from Sen. Pia Cayetano’s Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) for the Colon Revitalization Project. Project head Jerone Castillo said the P5 million will be coursed through the National Commission for…
The Cebu City Council will invite former congressman Tomas Osmeña to shed light on projects funded by his pork barrel in a public hearing scheduled on November 5. This developed after Osmeña submitted to the council a…
Former congressman to tell all on Guadalupe seedling anomaly if called by court to testify Former Cebu City Rep. Antonio Cuenco said he’s making himself available in case he is called by the court to shed light…
Anti-graft investigators in the Visayas had a seminar yesterday on how to detect irregularities in use of lawmakers’ pork barrel. Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Pelagio Apostol said they want to equip their investigators with the knowledge…
FORMER Rep. Antonio Cuenco has been dropped from the Ombudsman’s investigation of a “conspiring” to misuse over P3 million from his pork barrel in “ghost purchases” of medicine for the poor in Cebu city’s south district. Tanodbayan…
After the Napoles scandal over pork barrels and fake NGOs, the Cebu City Council is paying closer attention to groups seeking accreditation. Nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) have to show a report of their accomplishments…
On 19th November 2013, voting 14-0, the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel.” What about the Disbursement Acceleration Fund (DAP) that very few people knew or understood before Senator…
The Supreme Court yesterday declared as unconstitutional the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the use of Malampaya funds for other purposes other than energy-related projects. Voting 14-0, the high court nullified “all legal provisions of past…
MANILA, Philippines—Voting 14-0, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as unconstitutional the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or “pork barrel.” Among those who separately petitioned the court to scrap the PDAF system are losing senatorial candidates Samson…
A big empty shed with concrete posts and a tin sheet roof is all that’s left of the “goat house” built for over P600,000 from the pork barrel of former Rep. Antonio Cuenco of Cebu city’s south…
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