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2,000 cops redied for anti-pork rally 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 am
MANILA, 26Aug2013 (PNA) – Manila Police District (MPD) operatives on Monday have conducted patrols and security checks around the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal and at Mendiola Bridge near Malacañang in ...
Anti-pork protesters start arriving at Rizal Park 26 Aug 2013 | 05:47 am
MANILA, 26Aug2013 (PNA) - Despite the threat of rain, anti-pork barrel fund protesters are now starting to arrive at the Rizal Park in Manila Monday morning. Radio reports said most of those the prot...
Countless Pinoys abroad join ‘Day of Rage vs. Pork Barrel’ 26 Aug 2013 | 05:38 am
MANILA, 26Aug2013 – Thousands of youth and students from various schools, colleges and universities and communities here and abroad joined various protests against the pork barrel system Monday. “Toda...
Prelates call for total abolition of pork 25 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
MANILA, 25Aug2013 – Despite the statement of President Benigno Aquino III on Friday regarding the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, more commonly known as the pork barrel), ...
Catholic group urges Filipinos to join Million People March vs pork 25 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
MANILA, 25Aug2013 – Joining the nationwide clamor to abolish the controversial pork barrel fund (formally known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF), the social action arm of the Catho...
Group says ‘pork’ could have been used solve PH’s garbage woes 25 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
By Azer Parrocha MANILA, 25Aug2013 – The country’s garbage woes could have been alleviated if the allegedly corrupted P10-billion pork barrel funds had been used instead to help in financing solutions...
Public warned to brace for tropical storm Nando – Palace 25 Aug 2013 | 02:49 pm
MANILA, 25Aug2013 (PNA) – Another tropical depression has developed — reason Metro Manila and other neighboring provinces are experiencing rain showers and thunderstorms yet again, according to the Ph...
Albay Gov: Power coop inefficiency due to meager operational expenses 25 Aug 2013 | 02:43 pm
By Floreño G. Solmirano LEGAZPI CITY, 25Aug2013 – Only P 5 million of the P 2.4-billion expenses incurred by the Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco) from 1995 to 2012 went to operational expenditures. ...
Bishops to join Monday’s mass rally against pork barrel at the Luneta 25 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
MANILA, 25Aug2013 (PNA) – Catholic bishops and Church groups are joining the anti-pork barrel rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Monday. Retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said t...
Spitting in public places to become a criminal act 25 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
QUEZON CITY, 25Aug2013 (PNA) – A lawmaker has proposed to criminalize spitting in public places to prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB) and other contagious and airborne diseases. Rep. Eulogio “Ama...
