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Drilon vows to ‘weed out pork’ from 2020 nat’l budget

  MANILA, Philippines --- Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday vowed to "weed out pork" from the proposed P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget.     This is amid reports that some P35 billion in pork barrel funds of senators and congressmen will be embedded in next year's national budget.     Drilon assured that the Senate minority is prepared to scrutinize the budget.     "Whether it is pork or beef, we will find out when the budget is submitted to us. We will question it and exert every effort to weed out pork from the national budget," Drilon said in a statement.     "The minority is prepare...

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