Anti-pork barrel protest set on National Heroes Day An event aimed at gathering one million anti-pork barrel advocates is gaining steam on social media Screen grab from the Facebook event page MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - Anti-pork barrel advocates are set to gather at the Luneta Park on August 26, National Heroes' Day, and are using social media to rally participants to their cause. It started out as a simple idea. Friends Arnold Pedrigal, Peachy Bretana, and Zena Bernardo-Bernardo created a Facebook event page to gather like-minded people who want the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scrapped. The gathering, scheduled on August 26, aims to gather one million people to assemble at the Luneta Park for a "massive pocket picnic." The event invitations calls on "ordinary, tax-paying people" to show "government (that) they answer to us. Tayo ang boss dito !” (We are th...
Anti-pork barrel protest set on National Heroes Day An event aimed at gathering one million anti-pork barrel advocates is gaining steam on social media David Lozada @iamdavidlozada Published 11:21 PM, August 18, 2013 Updated 7:25 PM, July 02, 2014 Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Screen grab from the Facebook event page MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - Anti-pork barrel advocates are set to gather at the Luneta Park on August 26, National Heroes' Day, and are using social media to rally participants to their cause. It started out as a simple idea. Friends Arnold Pedrigal, Peachy Bretana, and Zena Bernardo-Bernardo created a Facebook event page to gather like-minded people who want the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel scrapped. The gathering, scheduled on August 26, aims to gather one million people to assemble at the Luneta Park for a "massive pocket picnic." The eve...