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Did Mike Arroyo fund post-election ‘special operations’ in Lanao?
by Booma Cruz - October 23, 2005 - 12:00am
(Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and ‘Probe’) (Conclusion) The Wao election returns secured from the Comelec and Namfrel indicated that Poe obtained 7,647 votes against Arroyo’s...
Legislators feed on pork
by Booma Cruz - September 7, 2004 - 12:00am
(Conclusion) In theory and in law, the legislators’ role in pork barrel allocations remains limited to "consultation" to enable them to recommend priority projects. In practice, however, they have the final...
PCIJ: ‘Pork’ a political, not developmental, tool
by Booma Cruz - September 6, 2004 - 12:00am
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (First of two parts) In 2001, 108 congressmen gave P162 million of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) — considered as the "main" pork-barrel...
Even non-betting youths see nothing wrong with gambling
by Booma Cruz - June 15, 2004 - 12:00am
(Conclusion) As officials of private high schools and colleges across Metro Manila grapple with the growing problem of sports gambling among their students, one mother has tried to take comfort in the fact that...
High-stakes gambling invades private schools
by Booma Cruz - June 14, 2004 - 12:00am
(First of two parts) Fifteen-year-old Robert is every mother’s ideal son. He is responsible, obedient, kind, and generally well-behaved — traits that did not escape his classmates who chose him as class...
High-stakes gambling invades private schools
by Booma Cruz - June 14, 2004 - 12:00am
(First of two parts) Fifteen-year-old Robert is every mother’s ideal son. He is responsible, obedient, kind, and generally well-behaved — traits that did not escape his classmates who chose him as class...
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