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EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 6 ISSUE 119 • THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2013
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EAGLE DOLL. A Philippine Eagle doll with traditional Barong Tagalog is but one of the limited edition Philippine Eagle Collectibles by renowned designer Renee Salud now on display at the lobby of the Marco Polo Davao as part of the 15th Philippine Eagle Week celebration. Lean Daval Jr.
DBM ON PORK LIMITATIONS:
‘For your district only’ BY NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO With a report from EMILORD CASTROMAYOR
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OR your district only. That’s one of the limitations on the use of the controversial Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Central Office. The DBM clarified that there is a standing policy imposed by the President Aquino to limit PDAF -supported projects to the legislative districts of members of Congress. The DBM’s Central Office public information division yesterday answered queries
sent by Edge Davao on the issue of allocating lawmaker’s PDAF to districts outside their territorial representation. The DBM clarification was made in the wake of reports that Davao City second district Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano spent P9.45 million of her so-called pork barrel fund in the province of Isabela as stated in the 2012 report of the DBM. The crossover allocation became a controversial issue due to Garcia-Albano’s relationship by affinity to former
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HEADWEAR. A bald man browses through baseball caps sold at a trade fair inside the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Center in Mankilam, Tagum City. Lean Daval Jr.