Its the holy month of Ramadan and still there is new of more pork on the way...
Members of the Philippine legislature are up for another bonus as the budget for the Countrywide Development Fund, better known as the Pork Barrel Fund, is looking to increase another Php 700-million.
I guess the Php 70 million allocated for each congressman isn't enough to implement the much needed development services in their respective congressional districts.
One should really ask how many areas lack paved roads, proper school buildings and necessary healthcare facilities and other basic services that the residents rely on the government for? Now is 70 million a year not enough to build these facilities?
Interestingly enough, according to an article in the Philippine Star published in yahoo news (http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20090831/tph-palace-to-public-dont-judge-presiden-d6cd5cf.html) the First Male Children (Mikey and Dado) purchased properties in the United States within their first term as congressional representatives. The article states that Mikey's beachfront property is pegged at an estimated at Php 63.7 million. While Dado's property, also in the US, was priced at Php 26.7 million.
Hey wait, the beachfront property is almost one year's pork allocation. I wonder how many classrooms could've been constructed, how many roads built, and how many health centers would have been put up in the barangays which need them?
The only thing those members of the first family will do that will surprise me is if they just vacate their positions and submit to a fair and impartial investigation on plunder charges. Anything they do which aims to increase their holdings is no longer a shock, its more of the rule rather than the exception.
Members of the Philippine legislature are up for another bonus as the budget for the Countrywide Development Fund, better known as the Pork Barrel Fund, is looking to increase another Php 700-million.
I guess the Php 70 million allocated for each congressman isn't enough to implement the much needed development services in their respective congressional districts.
One should really ask how many areas lack paved roads, proper school buildings and necessary healthcare facilities and other basic services that the residents rely on the government for? Now is 70 million a year not enough to build these facilities?
Interestingly enough, according to an article in the Philippine Star published in yahoo news (http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20090831/tph-palace-to-public-dont-judge-presiden-d6cd5cf.html) the First Male Children (Mikey and Dado) purchased properties in the United States within their first term as congressional representatives. The article states that Mikey's beachfront property is pegged at an estimated at Php 63.7 million. While Dado's property, also in the US, was priced at Php 26.7 million.
Hey wait, the beachfront property is almost one year's pork allocation. I wonder how many classrooms could've been constructed, how many roads built, and how many health centers would have been put up in the barangays which need them?
The only thing those members of the first family will do that will surprise me is if they just vacate their positions and submit to a fair and impartial investigation on plunder charges. Anything they do which aims to increase their holdings is no longer a shock, its more of the rule rather than the exception.
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