Tens of thousands protest in Manila park against 'pork barrel' funds

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Tens of thousands protest in Manila park against 'pork barrel' funds

By Rosemarie Francisco MANILA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Filipinos angry at official corruption marched through the centre of Manila and other cities to demand the abolition of a misused fund for legislators' pet projects, the biggest protest aimed at Benigno Aquino's government. Protesters, responding to a call to wear white, ignored intermittent rain to converge on Manila's largest park to express indignation at the misuse of "pork barrel" funds under the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). ...

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