The Philippine Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), a euphemism for pork barrel, is fondly called “The Great Equalizer” by our legislators. Why? Well, it’s because even the smallest congressional district gets as much PDAF as the biggest ones.

There are some districts in Quezon City where a single barangay has a population of about 200,000 like Barangay Commonwealth, Barangay Payatas and Barangay Batasan Hills. These districts will get “pork” of P70 million each, equal to that allotted to the smaller districts in Camiguin,

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