MEMBERS of the House of Representatives have given up their P12 billion remaining Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel for 2013 but they want the money to be used for the relief efforts in disaster stricken areas, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said on Tuesday.

In a joint resolution, the lawmakers authorized the Executive Department to realign the PDAF to the calamity fund.

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