Janet Lim-Napoles now centered on controversy is the alleged 'brains' behind the P10-billion scam or misuse of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) by some lawmakers and the P900-million Malampaya Fund issues. At long last, the pork barrel system through the Priority Development Assistance Fund, the Malampaya Funds, and the Presidential Social Funds, institutional forms of plunder of the country’s coffers, has been declared illegal. Read the full source article at the following link copy and paste in your browser Philippine Star Pork barrel: costs and benefits By Solita Collas-Monsod Philippine Daily Inquirer Saturday, July 20th, 2013 Institutionalized corruption. Pork barrel scam. Manila, Philippines- Manila, Philippines- 'Pork barrel' scam issue sparks online outrage and flak. Only in the sense that a … This was my reaction when I learned about the Supreme Court decision declaring the pork barrel as unconstitutional. But pork-barrel spending is a form of corruption, where tax dollars are dolled (sic) out on the basis of political favoritism and to advance the careers of Washington insiders.” Is this also the case in the Philippine pork barrel system? Pork barrel in the Philippines has its origin way back in 1922. In the Philippines it is synonymous with the the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), and the term ‘Pork Barrel’ appears to be used interchangeably with the PDAF. Trapo at its lowest point. Ang pork barrel scam ang kontrobersiya na unang nabunyag noong Hulyo 2013 na kinasasangkutan ng 5 senador at mga 23 kinatawan na naglipat ng kanilang pork barrel funds na may kabuuang 10 bilyong piso sa mga pekeng non-government organizations (NGOs) para sa mga hindi umiiral na proyekto. Although the history of pork barrel-like discretionary funds in the Philippines dates back to 1922, during the American colonial period, the PDAF in its current form was only established during the administration of Corazon Aquino with the creation of the Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) in 1990. Ang pork barrel scam ang kontrobersiya na unang nabunyag noong Hulyo 2013 na kinasasangkutan ng 5 senador at mga 23 kinatawan na naglipat ng kanilang pork barrel funds na may kabuuang 10 bilyong piso sa mga pekeng non-government organizations (NGOs) para sa mga hindi umiiral na proyekto. Ayon sa Commission on Audit, ang paglilipat ng mga mambabatas ng mga pondo sa mga NGO ay ilegal. Hallelujah! And with pork, politics has become a lucrative family business in the Philippines too. Grand conspiracy to steal taxpayers’ money. And the funds can no longer be disbursed through NGOs and certain government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), some of which had been used in the pork barrel … That’s the pork barrel system in the Philippines. Based on the research, the pork barrel system in the Philippines was introduced by the Americans in 1922 and retained in the 1935 Constitution under the Commonwealth government. Over the week, issue rose to peak as Makati Regional Trial Court … MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court on Tuesday prevented the release of the congressmen's Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), commonly known as pork barrel, which has been the subject of recent investigations due to alleged misuse. Calls are now being made to end Pork Barreling with the intention to actually end the PDAF itself, as this has been used for pork …