Day: March 16, 2015

Binay’s P200M pork train to Palace

Julius Mariveles Leave a comment

WE ARE reprinting this story originally titled “Binay bags P200-M PDAF: Pork train to Malacanang?” by PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas and published on our website on July 22, 2012.

WITHIN six months after he took his oath in June 2010 as the country’s 15th Vice President, Jejomar ‘Jojo’ C. Binay, had two wishes fulfilled, with a lot of help from President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III and his friends in Congress.

First, Aquino granted Binay’s request to set up official residence and workplace at the newly renovated Coconut Palace in Manila, a 2.7-hectare “Imeldific” complex built in 1978 supposedly for P1.2-billion.

Second, Aquino and Congress allowed Binay to have his own pork barrel – until then the exclusive perk of lawmakers – although they later pruned his plea for P500-million pork per year to only P200 million.

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PRESIDENT AQUINO, right, with Vice President Binay during happier times| PCOO Photo

PRESIDENT AQUINO, right, with Vice President Binay during happier times| PCOO Photo

 

 

 

Binay’s P200M pork train to Palace

Julius Mariveles Leave a comment

WE ARE reprinting this story originally titled “Binay bags P200-M PDAF: Pork train to Malacanang?” by PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas and published on our website on July 22, 2012.

WITHIN six months after he took his oath in June 2010 as the country’s 15th Vice President, Jejomar ‘Jojo’ C. Binay, had two wishes fulfilled, with a lot of help from President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III and his friends in Congress.

First, Aquino granted Binay’s request to set up official residence and workplace at the newly renovated Coconut Palace in Manila, a 2.7-hectare “Imeldific” complex built in 1978 supposedly for P1.2-billion.

Second, Aquino and Congress allowed Binay to have his own pork barrel – until then the exclusive perk of lawmakers – although they later pruned his plea for P500-million pork per year to only P200 million.

Click on the photo to read the full article.

PRESIDENT AQUINO, right, with Vice President Binay during happier times| PCOO Photo

PRESIDENT AQUINO, right, with Vice President Binay during happier times| PCOO Photo

 

 

 

From the Files: The Binays

Julius Mariveles Leave a comment

THE Department of Interior and Local Government has served today the suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman on Makati City Mayor Jejomar “Junjun” Binay Jr.

The anti-graft body issued March 11 the six-month preventive suspension on Binay and 15 other City Hall officials over charges of alleged corruption in the construction of the Makati City Hall Building II, a report published on gmanetwork.com said.

Junjun Binay is the namesake of his father, the vice-president of the Philippines. He is one of the seven members of the Binay family, most of whom are into politics.

He started his political career as a chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan or youth council in Makati.

The Binays are among the political families that rose to power after the EDSA People Power Revolt in 1986. Read more about them in this 2007 report of PCIJ former deputy director Jaileen Jimeno originally published on the iReport magazine.

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VICE-PRESIDENT JEJOMARY BINAY, left, with President Aquino during happier times | PCOO Photo

Devices equipped with USB Type-C

Louie Diangson Leave a comment

The USB Type-C port is actually old news. We first reported it back in late 2013 when it was first announced but people started paying more attention to it when Apple used the technology on their new Macbook. Apple is not the only company that’s using it though. If you want to know what other devices utilizes the new USB Type-C then read on.

READ: What is USB Type-C and why it matters?

Nokia N1

Announced in November 2014, Nokia’s first Android tablet, the N1, is one of the first consumer devices to take advantage of the reversible USB Type-C. However, it’s using the older and less powerful USB 2.0 and not the new USB 3.1 standard.

Innos Yi Luo D6000

This monster of a phone made an appearance earlier this month. It’s main feature is its implementation of dual batteries (one sealed + one removable) which sums up to a capacity of 6000mAh. But it’s other notable feature is its implementation of the USB 3.1 Type-C.

Apple Macbook (2015)

Probably the biggest culprit to why we are paying attention to the new USB interface. The new Macbook is a thing of beauty and uses the new USB 3.1 Type-C interface. However, it received a lot of flak for having only one port.

Google Chromebook Pixel (2015)

Shortly after the announcement of the new Macbook, Google announced the new Chromebook Pixel. In comparison, the new Chromebook boasts two USB 3.1 Type C ports instead of just one.

For now, we can only name four devices that uses USB Type-C but we can surely expect to see more devices sporting the new interface in the near future.

The post Devices equipped with USB Type-C appeared first on YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews.

Devices equipped with USB Type-C

Louie Diangson Leave a comment

The USB Type-C port is actually old news. We first reported it back in late 2013 when it was first announced but people started paying more attention to it when Apple used the technology on their new Macbook. Apple is not the only company that’s using it though. If you want to know what other devices utilizes the new USB Type-C then read on.

READ: What is USB Type-C and why it matters?

Nokia N1

Announced in November 2014, Nokia’s first Android tablet, the N1, is one of the first consumer devices to take advantage of the reversible USB Type-C. However, it’s using the older and less powerful USB 2.0 and not the new USB 3.1 standard.

Innos Yi Luo D6000

This monster of a phone made an appearance earlier this month. It’s main feature is its implementation of dual batteries (one sealed + one removable) which sums up to a capacity of 6000mAh. But it’s other notable feature is its implementation of the USB 3.1 Type-C.

Apple Macbook (2015)

Probably the biggest culprit to why we are paying attention to the new USB interface. The new Macbook is a thing of beauty and uses the new USB 3.1 Type-C interface. However, it received a lot of flak for having only one port.

Google Chromebook Pixel (2015)

Shortly after the announcement of the new Macbook, Google announced the new Chromebook Pixel. In comparison, the new Chromebook boasts two USB 3.1 Type C ports instead of just one.

For now, we can only name four devices that uses USB Type-C but we can surely expect to see more devices sporting the new interface in the near future.

The post Devices equipped with USB Type-C appeared first on YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews.