Tuesday, March 19, 2013

PHILSTAR: GMA SHARES P33.6-M 'PORK' WITH SON, ALLY
Detained former Pres and Pamp Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is sharing her pork barrel funds for this year with her cong-son Dato and close ally Rep. Mitos Magsaysay of Zambales. Out of the P33.6M, she has allocated 3.5 million for the second district of CamSur, which her son represents in the HOR. of the P3.5M, P1M would fund scholarship for 400 indigent student-residents of the district, P400,000 would be for indigent patients seeking treatment at the Bicol Sanitarium and P2.1M also for poor patients at the Bicol Med Center. For Magsaysay who represents Zambales' first district, the former pres allocated P800,000 for scholarships for 160 students at Comteq College and P200,000 for 40 students at St. Joseph College. Mrs. Arroyo devoted the rest of her funds to her district, giving financial assistance ranging from P100,000 to P500,000 to "indigents or victims of calamities" in various barangay communities in her district. Her bigger projects involve the construction of school and multi-purpose buildings and rehabilitation of roads costing from P1M to P1.5M.

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