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‘Pork’ and a million 27 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
Slideshow by MARIO IGNACIO IV The “Million People March” social media activists had been cooking up for weeks failed to produce the promised million. But no matter. The message from the almost 100,00...
Albay anti-pork protesters undeterred by rain 26 Aug 2013 | 06:35 pm
Soaked and wet: Protesters in Albay joined the Million March protest Monday. Photos by REYNARD MAGTOTO By REYNARD MAGTOTO LEGAZPI City – The weather was wet and bleak, but some 300 Albayanos marched...
Filipinos set aside differences, unite on anti-PDAF cause 26 Aug 2013 | 01:18 pm
Rallyists remind the President who the real boss is. Photo by Wing Luna By JONATHAN DE SANTOS THE rallyists had their own calls and campaigns and clung to their own advocacies, but for a few hours a...
PH sees biggest spontaneous citizens’ action since EDSA People Power 26 Aug 2013 | 08:46 am
By VERA Files Rallies broke out in major towns and cities all over the country in one ofthe biggest spontaneous expressions of outrage the country has seen since the 1986 People Power Revolution. Po...
A Million March (Storify) 26 Aug 2013 | 02:31 am
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Aquino fires Palace consultant linked to Napoles 26 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS Brian Yamsuan, then DILG assistant Secrertary and his boss, Ronaldo Puno. ALLEGED big-time pork barrel operator Janet Lim-Napoles has close ties with a Malacañang consultant wh....
Chamber music with memories of Hiroshima 25 Aug 2013 | 11:50 pm
By PABLO A. TARIMAN THERE will be poignant memories of Hiroshima when the Amici Trio from Japan performs Francisco Santiago’s Ave Maria at the Sta. Isabel College’s Sto Cristo del Tesoro Auditorium o...
The pomp and perils of competition 24 Aug 2013 | 02:46 pm
By PABLO A. TARIMAN WHEN you are young and nimble, you go for it like one of those challenges that help you size up the width and breadth of your musical talent. Celebrated pianist Cecile Licad j...
Aquino’s doublespeak on PDAF and ‘pork’ 23 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
By YVONNE T. CHUA PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III announced Friday his administration is set to “abolish” the infamous Priority Development Assistance Fund, or PDAF. But “pork barrel,” in reality, ...
Pork by any name 23 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
By YVONNE T. CHUA and BOOMA B. CRUZ (Note: The excerpt on the history of pork barrel in the Philippines was written by VERA Files trustees Yvonne T. Chua and Booma Cruz in 2004 for the book, The Rule...
