Tag: executive pork

Palace hits “diversionary tactics” of some House members

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Dec. 18, hit what it said were the tactics employed by some members of the House of Representatives to divert the public’s attention from the allegations against them. Without naming names, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the attacks against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno started after Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed Pampanga–Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s province–and a district in Camarines Sur—House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr.’s–had cornered “congressional insertions” in the […]