ANDAYA TO DUTERTE:3 lawmakers got biggest ‘pork’By GLEE JALEAhome/News/Headlines/3 lawmakers got biggest ‘pork’FORMER House speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, former majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas and former appropriations committee chairman Karlo Nograles got the biggest budget allocations for pet public works projects in their districts, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday. Lacson to Ombudsman: Probe pork messLacson on Tuesday said it was time for Ombudsman Samuel Martires to step into the pork mess. The lawmaker alleged that aside from DPWH projects, CT Leoncio “cornered various infrastructure contracts from” the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Department of Transportation and Department of Labor and Employment and Makati City. “I am also requesting for the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum for all records covering the government transactions of CT Leoncio from the year 2017 to 2018. The House passed the measure on November 20 after a series of delays in deliberations due to “pork” issues.

Source: Manila Times December 11, 2018 16:41 UTC