Priority Development Assistance Fund, the Glossary
The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) was a discretionary fund in the Philippines available to members of Congress.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Congress of the Philippines, Constitutionality, Department of Budget and Management, Disbursement Acceleration Program, Discretionary spending, House of Representatives of the Philippines, Padrino system, People's Initiative, Philippines, Pork barrel, Pork barrel scam, Supreme Court of the Philippines.
- 1990 establishments in the Philippines
- 2013 disestablishments in the Philippines
- Funds
- Politics of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
The Congress of the Philippines (Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. Priority Development Assistance Fund and Congress of the Philippines are politics of the Philippines.
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Constitutionality
In constitutional law, constitutionality is said to be the condition of acting in accordance with an applicable constitution; the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or set forth in the applicable constitution.
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Department of Budget and Management
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM; Kagawaran ng Badyet at Pamamahala) is an executive body under the Office of the President of the Philippines.
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Disbursement Acceleration Program
The Disbursement Acceleration Program in the Philippines is a "special" budget allocated to accelerate or hasten a government project without Congress or Senate's approval. Priority Development Assistance Fund and Disbursement Acceleration Program are politics of the Philippines.
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Discretionary spending
In American public finance, discretionary spending is government spending implemented through an appropriations bill.
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House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas; Kamara from the Spanish word cámara, meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house.
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Padrino system
The padrino system, or patronage in Filipino culture and politics, is the value system where one gains favor, promotion, or political appointment through family affiliation (nepotism) or friendship (cronyism), as opposed to one's merit.
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People's Initiative
People's Initiative (or "PI") is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Philippine Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Pork barrel
Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct expenditures to a representative's district.
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Pork barrel scam
The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called "pork barrel"), a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government, mostly on the national level.
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Supreme Court of the Philippines
The Supreme Court (Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, an Act which abolished the Real Audiencia de Manila, the predecessor of the Supreme Court.
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See also
1990 establishments in the Philippines
- Amro River Protected Landscape
- Balay Negrense
- Cooperative Development Authority
- DWSL
- Gatpuno Antonio J. Villegas Cultural Award
- JG Summit Holdings
- Las Piñas Baptist Academy
- Maranatha Living Hope Academy
- NutriAsia
- Parañaque Science High School
- Paskuhan Village
- Pop Cola Panthers
- Priority Development Assistance Fund
- Robinsons Galleria
- San Lorenzo Ruiz Center of Studies and Schools
- Sibalom Natural Park
- Sky Cable Corporation
- South SEED LPDH College
- Southville International School affiliated with Foreign Universities
- Southville International School and Colleges
- Sultan Kudarat State University
- TNT Tropang Giga
- Talaytay Protected Landscape
2013 disestablishments in the Philippines
- Allied Banking Corporation
- Bangsamoro Republik
- General Luna (band)
- Maribojoc Church
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Learning Center
- PFF National Men's U-23 Championship
- Priority Development Assistance Fund
- San Miguel Beermen (ABL)
- Uniwide Sales
Funds
- Amazon Fund
- Australian Comforts Fund
- Bell Fund
- Blue Action Fund
- Business Growth Fund
- COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
- Cambodian Children's Fund
- Challenge fund
- Common purse
- Commonwealth Literary Fund
- Free the Bears Fund
- Global Equality Fund
- Green Climate Fund
- Health Insurance Fund
- Human Ecology Fund
- Indie Fund
- International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage
- International Visegrad Fund
- Investment funds
- Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund
- Luminos Fund
- Mac AIDS Fund
- Matching funds
- Medical Research Future Fund
- MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund
- National Superannuation Fund
- Nature Heritage Fund
- Nib Health Funds
- Pineapple Fund
- Powering Australian Renewables Fund
- Priority Development Assistance Fund
- Qatar National Research Fund
- Queensland Patriotic Fund
- Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund
- Riovic
- Scottish Consolidated Fund
- Slush fund
- The Peregrine Fund
- Theorica
- UK Games Fund
- United Givers Fund
- United Nations Democracy Fund
- Wildlife Australia Fund
- World Wide Fund for Nature
Politics of the Philippines
- Bangsamoro peace process
- Cabinet of the Philippines
- Capital of the Philippines
- Congress of the Philippines
- Congressional districts of the Philippines
- Constitutional convention (Philippines)
- Constitutional reform in the Philippines
- Disbursement Acceleration Program
- Elections in the Philippines
- Epal (politics)
- Filipino nationalism
- Foreign relations of the Philippines
- Freedom park
- Government-owned and controlled corporation
- Human rights in the Philippines
- Impeachment in the Philippines
- Legislative districts of the Philippines
- Mocha Uson Blog
- Officer in Charge (Philippines)
- Philippine labor migration policy
- Philippines and weapons of mass destruction
- Political history of the Philippines
- Political parties in the Philippines
- PoliticalArena.com
- Politics of the Philippines
- Politiko (website)
- President of the Philippines
- Priority Development Assistance Fund
- Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_Development_Assistance_Fund