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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a bill that seeks to limit the power of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas over the Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC). The proposed provision made by the former president said that it would “insulate the BSP officials from the actuations of AMLC, especially the political ones which may be influenced by the council officials’ loyalty to their appointing authority.” “The BSP […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all members of the Anti- Money Laundering Council to resign, saying that all of them were “corrupt.” Duterte was furious that the central bank’s Anti-Money Laundering Council had failed to provide him an unspecified “assessment report”. “I’ll count one to three and if you don’t resign, I will treat you as a drug addict,” he said. In a speech after signing the 2017 national budget, he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Anti-Money Laundering Council assured that part of the $15 million stolen from the Central Bank of Bangladesh can now be returned to the Bangladeshi government. All that is needed is a court order or a writ of executions for this, the AMLC said. https://youtu.be/-Biba7ll8Bs
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Sunday (September 25) assured convicted drug lord Jaybee Sebastian’s presence in the next hearing of House’s justice committee, and may use force if the latter would not conform. “Kung iyong sabi mo to forcibly bring him? ‘Pag ayaw niyang sumunod ay malamang iyon ang gawin sa kanya. Kasi compulsary process iyon eh,” Aguirre said in a radio interview. He cleared up however that the justice committee has […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Wednesday said that the Department of Justice may be able to get a copy of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report regarding the bank transactions between drug lords and Senator Leila De Lima. Secretary Aguirre said that suspected drug-related transactions were under the purview of the AMLC. Secretary Aguirre also said that the DOJ now has sufficient evidence to file a case against Senator De […]
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Koko Pimentel is questioning the move of the Anti-Money Laundering Council filing complaints only against businessmen Kim Wong and Xu Lang in connection with the $81 million scam against the Central Bank of Bangladesh. The senator added that it is clear that the money passed through many other accounts before reaching the two. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Mar. 21 – The Philippines has shown the world that it is a responsible member of the banking community with its response to the $81-million bank heist in Bangladesh recently, in which the stolen money ended up in a Philippine bank and casinos, a Palace official said. In a radio interview Saturday, Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III said the Anti-Money Laundering Council, through the Office of the SolGen (Solicitor General), filed ex parte petition for […]
(Eagle News) — Tututukan ngayon ng Senado sa executive session ang anggulo ng sabwatan o grand conspiracy sa pagpasok sa bansa ng $81 million na ninakaw sa pamamagitan ng pag-hack sa Central Bank of Bangladesh account sa Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ayon kay Senador Ralph Recto, marami aniyang dapat sagutin si Maia Santos-Deguito, branch manager ng RCBC Jupiter Makati Branch, dahil kumbinsido aniya ang mga senador na hindi lamang siya ang nakakaalam ng […]
MANILA, Philippines, May 21 (Eagle News) — Businessman Antonio Tiu filed a 100-million damage suit against the Anti-Money Laundering Council for allegedly submitting an erroneous report which served as the basis of the Court of Appeals to issue a freeze-order against Tiu. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MAKATI City, Philippines, May 18 (Eagle News) — According to the lawyer of the Binay family, Vice-President Jejomar Binay is ready to face the allegations of the Anti-Money Laundering Council report in courts. The Binay camp will also take legal actions regarding the freeze order on their bank accounts. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Jinggoy Estrada asked the Supreme Court in a twenty-eight-paged petition to not use the inquiry report of the Anti-Money Laundering Council as evidence against him, saying that said report violated his constitutional right against unreasonable searches and seizure. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., attended the Sandiganbayan hearing regarding his bail as well as to hear the report of the Anti-Money Laundering Council.
