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The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called "pork barrel"), a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development ...
Greco Antonious Beda Banta Belgica (born March 27, 1978) is a Filipino politician who most recently served as chairman of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) under the Duterte administration from March to October 2021.
In the landmark case Belgica v. Executive Secretary , where the Court declared the Priority Development Assistance Fund unconstitutional, Leonen wrote a separate concurring opinion where he displayed great command of logic and the law in order to arrive with conclusions regarding the unconstitutionality of pork barrel. [ 15 ]
The Biden Administration’s move on Jan. 13 to curb exports on the advanced computer chips used to power artificial intelligence (AI) arrived in the wake of two major events over the Christmas ...
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Biraogo v. Philippine Truth Commission (G.R. No. 192935) and Lagman, et al. v. Ochoa and Abad (G.R. No. 193036) are the two names of a ruling handed down by the Supreme Court of the Philippines which invalidated the creation of a truth commission tasked to investigate a previous president. The ruling, which was handed down on December 7, 2010 ...
Belgica was elected in the City Council of Manila in 1995. He was picked by then-interim mayor Lito Atienza to be his running mate in 1998 local elections but lost to Danny Lacuna. [1] He attempted to run for vice mayor in 2007 under the Drilon wing of the Liberal Party, [1] but lost to then-councilor and future mayor Isko Moreno. [2]
He added, “In a worst-case scenario, Memorial Day" for getting it to Trump’s desk. Johnson said Monday he had talked to Trump about the evolving plan late Sunday and again Monday morning.