Bishop slams bicam move on ‘health pork barrel’

MANILA, Philippines — A Church leader has called on lawmakers to “renounce pork once and for all” as he criticized the decision of the bicameral conference committee to increase the budget of the Department of Health’s (DOH) Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated program (MAIFIP). READ: Bicam raises MAIFIP budget to P51B amid backlash