Tag: corruption

Palace on Dureza following his resignation: He has “put true meaning to the value of delicadeza, morality in governance”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 28, commended former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza after he took responsibility for the “transgressions committed by his two subordinates.” “We commend the former Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process for taking full responsibility and issuing an apology under the principle of command responsibility…,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement, calling what Dureza did “leadership by example.” Dureza has “set a concrete […]

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Duterte says he will fire another undersecretary for corruption

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Nov. 26, said he would fire another undersecretary or corruption. In a speech in Davao, Duterte said he would do this as soon as he gets back in Manila. He did not say whom, however, he was going to dismiss. The President’s pronouncement came after he fired Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council secretary general Falconi Millar. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said a company had lodged an affidavit before […]

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UPDATED: Duterte dismisses HUDCC secretary general Falconi Millar over corruption

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 22, said he dismissed the secretary general of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. He said he signed the dismissal order of Atty. Falconi V. Millar before he left his office to speak during the inauguration of Cavite Gateway Terminal. “I will not allow corruption in government,” he said. In a separate statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President’s order against Millar, who is also the […]

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Lacson criticizes DPWH for “lack of planning” in BLISTT project in CAR

(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 14, criticized the Department of Public Works and Highways for a road project in the Cordillera Administrative Region that he said lacked planning. In a statement, Lacson said the DPWH did not consult  the Mines and Geosciences Bureau prior to the construction of the Baguio-La Trinidad-Itogon-Sablan-Tuba-Tublay (BLISTT) Circumferential Road. He said the MGB could have warned that parts of the roads under BLISTT are in landslide-prone areas. […]

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Sen. Lacson, umaasang mababawasan ang katiwalian sa PNP kapag ipinatupad ang pay hike sa 2019

(Eagle News) — Umaasa si Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson na nababawasan ang katiwalian sa bahagi ng Philippine National Police (PNP) kapag ipinatupad na ang wage increase sa mga otoridad simula sa Enero ng susunod na taon. Sa Enero muling itataas ang sweldo ng mga uniformed personnel ng PNP at Armed Forces of the Philippines batay sa inaprubahang resolution ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte noong nakaraang taon. Ayon kay Lacson, doble na ang itinaas sa sweldo ng […]

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Peru court orders former president Fujimori daughter’s detention in graft probe

  by Francisco JARA Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s powerful opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was taken into custody on Wednesday after a court ordered her held in preventive detention for three years pending the outcome of a corruption probe. The 43-year-old daughter of disgraced and jailed former president Alberto Fujimori is accused of accepting $1.2 million in illicit party funding from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, for her 2011 presidential campaign. In ordering […]

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Opposition senators: Mga tiwaling opisyal ng BOC, dapat parusahan ng Pangulo

Pagsasailalim sa kontrol ng militar sa BOC, tinutulan; korapsyon ‘di mareresolba ng militar – Sen. Gatchalian (Eagle News) — Hindi kumbinsido ang mga senador sa desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na isailalim sa military control ang Bureau of Customs (BOC). Naniniwala si Senador Sherwin Gatchalian na temporary solutions lamang ito at magpapatuloy pa rin aang katiwalian sa ahensya. Embeded na raw kasi ang katiwalian sa customs at nakasanayan na ng mga empleado ang ganitong kalakaran. […]

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President Duterte urges public to report to him “anytime” gov’t officials linked to graft

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte again urged businessmen and other Filipino citizens to report to him any government official who is engaged in questionable transactions, especially graft and corruption, saying he is “ready to give you an audience anytime.” Speaking at the concluding ceremonies of the 44th Philippine Business Conference and Expo (PBC&E) at the Manila Hotel on Thusday, Octo. 18, the President again vowed he would strike hard against those engaged in […]

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Fujimori upset over daughter’s arrest, asks feuding kids to get along

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Saturday criticized the arrest of his daughter Keiko for alleged money laundering and pleaded with his feuding children, who are battling to lead the biggest party in Congress, to join forces. “I have never felt greater pain in my life than I did seeing my daughter detained and hauled off to prison,” the 80-year-old Fujimori said from a Lima medical clinic where he has been […]

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S. Korea court releases Lotte chairman from jail

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The chairman of South Korean retail giant Lotte Group was released from jail on Friday after an appeals court suspended four years his sentence in a massive corruption scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-hye. Shin Dong-bin, 63, was jailed for 30 months in February for providing seven billion won ($6.2 million) to a foundation controlled by Park’s secret confidante in return for state favours regarding Lotte’s duty-free […]

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President Duterte tells new career service officers to help him stop corruption in gov’t

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte told new career executive service officers to stay away from corruption which he said he had vowed to eliminate. In a speech in Malacanang on Thursday, Sept. 27,  Duterte said that the corruption problem in the country is so entrenched that the present level of governance will not rise if this is not stopped. “But the problem is — I would like to tell you now and I’m […]

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Malaysia ex-PM’s wife faces marathon grilling in graft probe

  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister Wednesday faced a marathon questioning session by investigators probing the multi-billion-dollar scandal that helped topple her husband’s government. Rosmah Mansor, widely reviled in Malaysia due to her profligate spending and imperious manner, arrived at the anti-corruption agency before 10:00 am (0200 GMT) and had still not emerged nine hours later. Local media have reported that officials are wrapping up their probe […]

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