BUDGET BRIEFING: Senate President Franklin M. Drilon listens attentively to Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero during a briefing of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) early Tuesday morning. Responding to people’s clamour to abolish the pork barrel, Escudero has earlier suggested that Congress reallocate its P25.24-billion Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in the proposed P2.268-trillion budget for 2014 to specific items in government departments. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/August 27, 2013)