Hi Isabel when they I first heard of it , I thought that "pork barrel"t was a popular food in Philippine!
In Singapore they do not have such government fund. The use of "pork barrel funds" in the Philippines dates back to the 1930s also known as Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
Plan gives more funds for fighting meth, gangs.(Legislature)(Accusations of pork-barrel tactics led to the addition of $1 million to the proposal): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
As Philippine debates the best ways of managing the current "fiscal crisis," the focus once again has shifted to pork-barrel funds, the discretionary funds allocated to members of Congress.
While some legislators have agreed to a cut in their pork, many others defend pork and justify its usefulness as a developmental too. However,the PCIJ's investigation, however, proves otherwise says that pork is primarily a vote-getting vehicle and a source of political patronage. It is also a tool wielded by the executive to buy the support of Congress for the bills Malacañang wants passed. Pork, moreover, provides an opportunity for lawmakers to rake in bribes and commissions from contractors of pork-funded projects.Extract from http://www.pcij.org/stories/2004/pork.html