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  2. Pork barrel scam - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of implicated parties to the pork barrel scam - Wikipedia

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    List of linked individuals to the PDAF scam; Accused Political Position Party Claimed by Other remarks Florencio Abad: Secretary of Budget and Management: Liberal: Daily Tribune [1] Panfilo Lacson [2] Former congressman. Daily Tribune claims according to its sources that it was Abad that taught Janet Napoles on how to operate the PDAF scam ...

  4. Million People March - Wikipedia

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    The so-called "Pork Barrel Scam" was first exposed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 12, 2013, [12] with the six-part exposé of the Inquirer on the scam pointing to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles as the scam's mastermind after Benhur K. Luy, her second cousin and former personal assistant, was rescued by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on March 22, 2013, four months ...

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  6. Corruption in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, Arroyo and Janet Lim Napoles were charged with plunder over the Malampaya fund scam. [14] In 2014, incumbent senators Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, and Juan Ponce Enrile along with Janet Lim Napoles were charged with plunder before the Sandiganbayan for allegedly pocketing kickbacks in the pork barrel scam. [15]

  7. Joanna Gaines Sets the Record Straight about Several 'Fixer ...

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    Finally, Joanna showed a news article about "Chip's Major Shake Up" that says "Things heat up with new partner!" Joanna drew a big red X on the article and said, "CHIP IS NOT HEATING THINGS UP ...

  8. Hormel settles pork price-fixing suits for $11 million - AOL

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    Hormel Foods will pay more than $11 million to settle class-action lawsuits alleging the company worked with other pork producers to illegally fix prices and overcharge customers, according to ...

  9. Pork barrel - Wikipedia

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    Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct expenditures to a representative's district. The usage originated in American English , and it indicates a negotiated way of political particularism .