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Swine fever still afflicts House; veto is the cure
GOTCHA - By Jarius Bondoc | December 20, 2019 - 12:00am
Congressmen keep repeating the lie Goebbels-style that the Senate delayed passage of the 2019 national budget and so caused economic misery. In truth it was they who triggered the four-month impasse.
60 days ago
Opinion
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Mga mambabatas na kriminal: Budget veto ang patunay
By Jarius Bondoc | May 7, 2019 - 12:00am
KAHANGA-HANGA ang pag-veto ni President Rody Duterte sa P95.3-bilyong isiningit ng mga kongresista sa 2019 national budget. Ilegal na pork barrels ‘yun. Inalis nila ang mga orihinal na programa at gastusin...
287 days ago
PSN Opinyon
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Mga mambabatas masahol pa sa linta
By Jarius Bondoc | April 9, 2019 - 12:00am
PORK barrel ang rason kaya kinokontrol ng political dynas­ties ang mga distrito’t probinsiya. Daan-bilyong pisong pera ng bayan ang pork barrels.
315 days ago
PSN Opinyon
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Why lawmakers won’t admit pork insertions
GOTCHA - By Jarius Bondoc | February 22, 2019 - 12:00am
Lawmakers expectedly will not itemize their pork barrels inserted into the 2019 national budgets.
361 days ago
Opinion
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Battle for dominance through pork barrels
GOTCHA - By Jarius Bondoc | January 4, 2019 - 12:00am
Parked pork” engrosses politics these days. On that issue Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s camp aims to control the pace of government. Its moves became apparent before Congress recessed for Christ...
Over a year ago
Opinion
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That they have hundred-billions to steal means we’re overtaxed
GOTCHA - By Jarius Bondoc | December 19, 2018 - 12:00am
Congress factions are squealing on each other’s hidden pork barrels. We now know they’re pocketing hundreds of billions of pesos from useless projects.
Over a year ago
Opinion
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Do you want present politicos to stay forever?
GOTCHA - By Jarius Bondoc | December 14, 2018 - 12:00am
Evil never stops. House leaders had just granted themselves illegal pork barrels when they passed a self-serving draft constitution.
Over a year ago
Opinion
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The real enemies of the state are...!
By Bobit S. Avila | March 14, 2006 - 12:00am
Last week, a good friend of mine who wished to remain anonymous dropped a bunch of documents, which came from the Headquarters of the Intelligence and Security Group of the Philippine Army. I thought that these documents...
Over a year ago
Freeman Opinion
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