VOL. 6 ISSUE 178 • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013
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INSTANT ATTRACTION. The 57-foot sparkling Christmas tree of SM Lanang Premier becomes an instant attraction as majority of mall goers take their photos with the grandiose display. Lean Daval Jr.
WHERE’S YOUR MONEY?
Duterte hits solons who didn’t help typhoon victims
RAGING RODY. A furious Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte rants against corrupt politicians for pocketing huge chunk of their pork barrel during the City Consultation for Local Climate Change Actions in Davao City at Pinnacle Hotel yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte strongly criticizeded lawmakers who did not help the victims of typhoon Yolanda, but benefited more from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). “Someday, somehow, there will be a time for reckoning in this country. What happened to the Filipinos in Tacloban and how much money there is but not being used for the benefit of the Filipino people. Diyan ako nasaktan,” he said, adding that he didn’t want to join in the
‘blame game’ on the typhoon incident and drop names of those involved in the PDAF scam. “But the problem is, yung typhoon brought with it nanigas pati yung utak ng mga taga-Maynila. Masyadong brayt, eh,” he said, adding that the lawmakers have been exploiting more the Malampaya fund until now, and there is still money left there. “May Malampaya tayo na P50 billion. Nothing seems to move and now
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