Ok. Thanks for the encouragement. Let’s continue doing this while we can. Har har har.
So as to be a little bit fair lest we be told that we only look at those who are quite close to the center of political power in this beloved Philippines of ours, let us look for the others in the DBM DAP list. It can be a bit taxing for some. But sige na nga. Let’s try. Pasensya na po at puro mga former pa rin ang mga ito.
Another cursory look at the DBM DAP list revealed something interesting as seen in these two links:
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/focus/09/24/14/pnoy-allies-lgus-got-biggest-dap-bayan and
From Congress to the local governments they went
According to the said news sites, the following officials — all former members of the House of Representatives got so and so amounts from the DAP:
Former Leyte Rep. and now Baybay City Mayor Carmen Loreto Cari
Former Misamis Oriental Rep., former Misamis Oriental Governor and now Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno
Former Majority Leader and Iloilo Rep. now Governor Arthur Defensor
Former South Cotabato Rep. and former General Santos City Mayor Darlene Antonino Custodio
Former Albay Rep. and now Governor Joey Salceda
Former Pangasinan Rep. and former Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza
Former Deputy Speaker and Zamboanga City Rep. now Mayor Isabelle Climaco.
All of them got differing amounts from the DAP. So much blessings from the brainchild of former Batanes Rep. and DBM Secretary Butch Abad. So much blessings to those allegedly close to the current Malacanang tenant, former Tarlac Rep. and former Senator Noynoy Aquino.
For happiness sake, we’d like to end this part 2 of a photo album with a nice one. So here is a pic of newly-wed legislators of the 16th Congress:
From gloom to happiness. The work continues. Congress is going on a break from September 27 to October 19, 2014 as the website http://www.congress.gov.ph says. But the world, the Filipino people and this microdot in the internet universe will still be watching. #