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                    [Title] => Exploitation of Filipino nurses in their own country
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                    [Title] => JPE, Jinggoy, Bong face plunder raps
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After more than five months of investigation, the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday announced the filing of plunder charges in court against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada over the pork barrel fund scam.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140402/senators-face-plunder.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259812 [Title] => Abolishing the pork barrel, banning political dynasties [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court has acquitted itself by resoundingly, citing clearcut legal arguments, declaring the pork barrel unconstitutional. Voting unanimously (with one abstention), the tribunal thus reversed its two previous rulings on the issue in 1994 and 2012.

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When the so-called pork barrel scam exploded in a national paper, the citizenry was split in their reaction.

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Some senators had personally signed liquidation reports for projects funded by their pork barrel, indicating their direct hand in implementing projects as well as in choosing which non-government organizations (NGOs) would receive funds as project partners.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img849/936/2i0t.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1168741 [Title] => The ‘pork barrel’ and who got their releases in 2012 [Summary] =>

The nation has been disgusted by the pork barrel scandal for some time now.

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President Vladimir Putin hopes to send a delegation of Russian lawmakers to the United States to discuss the situation in Syria with members of Congress, the Interfax news agency reported yesterday.

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The Commission on Audit (COA) has confirmed that Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Gregorio Honasan, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. had a hand in choosing non-government organizations (NGOs) linked to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles as recipients of their pork barrel funds.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-30 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img6/8658/qze4.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1101101 [Title] => Remove pork from legislators! [Summary] =>

The whole nation is tuned in to the latest drama, latest exposé, about the P10 B+ pork barrel scam.

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Aside from all the evils that people have already ascribed to the pork barrel, let one more be added -- that pork provides a convenient alibi to do away with what is intrinsically the primary duty of a legislator, be he a councilor, board member, congressman or senator.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img585/91/u37.gif ) ) )
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                    [DatePublished] => 2019-12-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136063
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805589
                    [AuthorName] => Jerry S. Tundag
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                    [Title] => JPE, Jinggoy, Bong face plunder raps
                    [Summary] => 

After more than five months of investigation, the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday announced the filing of plunder charges in court against Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon Revilla Jr. and Jinggoy Estrada over the pork barrel fund scam.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140402/senators-face-plunder.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259812 [Title] => Abolishing the pork barrel, banning political dynasties [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court has acquitted itself by resoundingly, citing clearcut legal arguments, declaring the pork barrel unconstitutional. Voting unanimously (with one abstention), the tribunal thus reversed its two previous rulings on the issue in 1994 and 2012.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1186651 [Title] => An alternative to PDAF [Summary] =>

When the so-called pork barrel scam exploded in a national paper, the citizenry was split in their reaction.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135054 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096513 [AuthorName] => Aven Piramide [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1176831 [Title] => Ex-NABCOR chief: Senators OK’d liquidation reports [Summary] =>

Some senators had personally signed liquidation reports for projects funded by their pork barrel, indicating their direct hand in implementing projects as well as in choosing which non-government organizations (NGOs) would receive funds as project partners.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img849/936/2i0t.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1168741 [Title] => The ‘pork barrel’ and who got their releases in 2012 [Summary] =>

The nation has been disgusted by the pork barrel scandal for some time now.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1167001 [Title] => Russia may send lawmakers to US to discuss Syria [Summary] =>

President Vladimir Putin hopes to send a delegation of Russian lawmakers to the United States to discuss the situation in Syria with members of Congress, the Interfax news agency reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-03 04:01:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1448000 [AuthorName] => Laura Mills [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1150861 [Title] => ‘4 senators endorsed NGOs’ [Summary] =>

The Commission on Audit (COA) has confirmed that Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Gregorio Honasan, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. had a hand in choosing non-government organizations (NGOs) linked to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles as recipients of their pork barrel funds.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-30 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img6/8658/qze4.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1101101 [Title] => Remove pork from legislators! [Summary] =>

The whole nation is tuned in to the latest drama, latest exposé, about the P10 B+ pork barrel scam.

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Aside from all the evils that people have already ascribed to the pork barrel, let one more be added -- that pork provides a convenient alibi to do away with what is intrinsically the primary duty of a legislator, be he a councilor, board member, congressman or senator.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img585/91/u37.gif ) ) )
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