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Nepomuceno, chairman of the House committee on civil service and professional regulation, expressed hope that the amount will start the ball rolling in order for the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee to raise more than P250 million to cover the deficit of the P1 billion budget for the regional meet.


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The uncle, a drug addict, soon taught him how to steal and use drugs. When the uncle died in a jail riot, Jerry was lured by the freedom of the streets and the numbing comfort of rugby. 


Now one of the 300 boys at the newly inaugurated, nine-building Haven for Children in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Jerry is looking forward to a brighter future. He hopes to be a doctor someday.


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Tit for tat.

President Estrada said Friday congressmen have "an ax to grind" against him for
scrapping their pork-barrel allocations and are allegedly hitting back by
sitting on Palace-certified bills.

"They have an ax to grind because I scrapped their pork-barrel funds," the
President admitted.

He was referring to the so-called Countrywide Development Funds of previous
administrations and the congressional initiative allocations which he removed
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Mr.
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COUNTRYWIDE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

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Now one of the 300 boys at the newly inaugurated, nine-building Haven for Children in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Jerry is looking forward to a brighter future. He hopes to be a doctor someday.


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Tit for tat.

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scrapping their pork-barrel allocations and are allegedly hitting back by
sitting on Palace-certified bills.

"They have an ax to grind because I scrapped their pork-barrel funds," the
President admitted.

He was referring to the so-called Countrywide Development Funds of previous
administrations and the congressional initiative allocations which he removed
from the annual budget when he assumed office in June 1998.

Mr.
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Reyes to congressmen: Help fund sanitary landfills

By Perseus Echeminada | May 8, 2006 - 12:00am

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is urging congressmen to help finance, through their respective Countrywide Development Funds (CDFs), the setting up of a sanitary landfill in every congressional...

Nation

Solon offers to beef up SEAG fund

August 9, 2005 - 12:00am

In order to support the shoestring budget for the preparation of the Manila Southeast Asian Games in November, Pampanga Rep. Francis Nepomuceno proposed that he will contribute P2 million from his Countrywide Development...

Sports

Metro street children find a new haven

By Joanne Rae M. Ramirez | January 16, 2004 - 12:00am

If he were asked to describe hell on earth, 13-year-old Jerry would not lack for details. Kicked out of their shanty by a cruel stepfather, he was force to live with a bum of an uncle. The uncle, a drug addict,...

Headlines

`Pork' chops blamed for `slow' Congress

By Marichu A. Villanueva | January 16, 2000 - 12:00am

Tit for tat. President Estrada said Friday congressmen have "an ax to grind" against him for scrapping their pork-barrel allocations and are allegedly hitting back by sitting on Palace-certified bills. "They...

Headlines