VOL. 7 ISSUE 142 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014
P 15.00 • 20 PAGES
www.edgedavao.net
EDGEDAVAO Serving a seamless society
LOADED WITH ‘PORK’
DREAMS NEVER DIE. Like most basketball-crazy Filipinos, this boy takes his sport by heart with the dream of one day playing for the national team. Despite the recent debacle by the Philippines Gilas team in the Asian Games, Pinoys continue to hold high hopes for the country in a sport dominated by big men. Lean Daval Jr.
Zarate says 2015 budget contains hidden ‘pork’ By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
T
HERE’S hidden “pork” in that national budget pie in 2015— the biggest this country has ever had. For Bayan Muna Party list Representative Karlos Isagani Zarate, the 2015 national budget is still loaded with “pork” hidden in lump sum appropriations that could be the “war chest” the administration is preparing for the next national elections. In an interview with 105.9 Balita FM, Rep. Zarate said there are a lot of lump sum allotments in the 2015 P2.6 trillion budget, which is the biggest ever in Philippine history. “Gi-approve ang budget atong kad-
lawon sa September 27. Gibabagan namo kini tungod puno og pork barrel gihapon. Sayop ang prayoridad sa mga programa sama sa conditional cash transfer ug daghan kaayo sya’g lump sum (The budget was approved before dawn on September 27. We opposed it because it was still full of pork barrel. The priority programs are all wrong, like the conditional cash transfer, and there are a lot of lump sum allocations),” he said. Zarate also fears the entire budget will just be subdivided with the administration especially since the 2016 election is fast approaching.
MILF DISARMED BY 2016 THE BIG NEWS page 2
FLOADED, 10
INSIDE EDGE
MYSTERY CLOUDS CALUAG’S ASIAD CHANCES SPORTS page 14