Laoag Bishop Renato Mayugba: Scrap the pork barrel system Photos by Romelyn Tutaan and Lei Adriano By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff Reporter The outrage over the misuse of pork barrel continues to mount as another rally against it was staged on September 28. That time, the rally was organized by religious leaders from the Roman Catholic Church, Iglesia Filipina Independiente and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. Who’s the boss? “Who is your boss?” asked a farmer-leader Rogelio dela Cruz as he left his farm and animals on the afternoon of September 28 so he can attend a prayer rally and express his disgust on political leaders he constantly see on television involved in the pork barrel scam. “If you say we are your boss, then why are we suffering?” he continued referring to elected officials whose campaign propaganda during elections is always “to serve the poor and needy” but based on what he sees and hears over radio and television, “These g
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