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Senator Bong Revilla turned himself in at the Sandiganbayan on Friday amid shrieking fans and supporters. He was waving and smiling to his fans like it was a movie premiere. As his mugshot was taken, he was also seen smiling like it was a pictorial. Photo courtesy of Inquirer.net Prior to that, he was seen wearing a T-shirt with the bible verse "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me? - Psalm 118:6". Really? He really thinks that God supports him for stealing millions of funds from the people who are homeless and hungry because of him? Are we to believe that he is innocent that he hasn't stolen a single centavo from the Pork Barrel funds? What appalls me is that even with all the evidence and knowledge that he stole money from the people. These people still support him. Why do Filipinos do this? Is it because he's a movie star? Shouldn't the people be cursing him and spitting at him for ruining their lives? As long as we a...

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago addresses Senator Bong Revilla's privilege speech on the pork barrel scam, and the Senate's "mental health." Here is her full speech before the Philippine Psychiatric Association at the EDSA Shangri-la on January 21, 2014.

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In other news... Bong Revilla to file plunder countercharge vs Luy, other whistleblowers in 'pork' scam

Finally,the abolition of the Pork Barrel system. In other news. Palace tells Carpio: We’ve junked PDAF

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada's Privilege Speech on The PDAF Pork Barrel Scam in the Senate. Speech starts at the 15:00 mark. Video courtesy of GMA TV.

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago talks about the silence of the Senators and Congressmen on the Pork Barrel Scam.

Photo of Janet Napoles as she surrendered at Malacanang Palace the day after President Noynoy Aquino put a P10 million bounty on her. Photo courtesy of ANC 24/7

Thousands of people gather at the Luneta Park in Manila on Monday for the "Million People's March" against "pork barrel." Video by INQUIRER.net

Just sharing this parking options for March against Pork Barrel for Monday, August 26, 2013 from Paulo Alcazaren's Facebook Page . Can we crowdsource this everyone? PARKING OPTIONS for tomorrow - I plugged in options for secured parking in red dots - although the malls would be open only at 10am - SM and Robinsons are both about 700 meters from the park, the hotels - Bayview, Bayleaf, Diamond, Pavilion are 200- 500 meters away, if you have breakfast in them, they are an option ..Malate Church - walk down about 1 kilometer. Can someone contact the schools around the park to open their campuses?

From Philstar.com Taong 1990 nang binuo ang tinatawag na nating PDAF ngayon para sa isang marangal na layunin: Ang bigyang-lakas ang inyong mga Kinatawan sa Kongreso, upang tumukoy ng mga proyektong hindi kayang pondohan ng mga local government units. Wala pong mali o masama sa polisiyang ito. Ang mali, ang masama, at ang siya ngang ikinagagalit ng taumbayan, ay ang pagsasabwatan sa pagitan ng isang pangulong handang makipagtransaksyon para manatili sa kapangyarihan; mga mambabatas handang makipagkuntsabahan; at kung nariyan ang kooperasyon ng burukrasya; at mga mamamayang tila namanhid na sa panlalapastangang ginagawa sa kanila–kung nagsama-sama po ang mga sangkap na ito, maaaring maabuso ang PDAF. Kailangan nating maniguradong hindi na maaabuso ang sistema. Akala po ng iba, pera nila ang PDAF, na puwedeng gastusin kung paano nila gusto. Pero mali po ito: Pera ng bayan ang pinag-uusapan dito, at sa bayan dapat–at hindi sa ilang gahaman lamang– ang pakinabang nito. Nakakagimbal ng...

From Normando Gonzales' Facebook Page Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago: Don’t call it PDAF. Call it PNF. The “Pwedeng Nakawin Fund.” “If I die, it will not be because of my blood pressure but because of my enemies. Biro mo sa diyaryo, 5 senator ang kasangkot, persons of interest, sa isang P10 billion scam. Billion, hindi million, B as in baboy talaga,” Saying her colleagues were fooling the people, Santiago called on all 5 to take a leave of absence “not as an admission of guilt but as a courtesy to the Filipino public so the process can proceed unhampered.” “Senators are extremely powerful, both with their money and with their influence and contacts in government so we cannot have them investigated by the DOJ because a Cabinet member Leila de Lima, has not even been confirmed by the Commission on Appointments. On that issue, she will be vulnerable,” Santiago told reporters. Santiago called on the 5 senators to speak the truth, saying many Filipinos have a hard time makin...

I couldn't believe this when I read it. “Be it hereby resolved by the Philippine Senate, to enjoin all senators to allocate at least P1 million from their Priority Development Assistance Fund to aid victims of Ondoy,” according to Senate Resolution 1378 filed by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Monday. P1 million!?! Multiplied by 24 senators that's only P24 million! Doesn't each senator get P200 million of PDAF each!?! How generous of them...