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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 28, urged foreign businessmen to invest in the country, as he revealed plans to set up a hotline where they could report any irregularities when they deal with the government. “And if you have any misgivings, just call me. Especially if it’s about corruption, I will give you time to talk to me,” he said. He urged the businessmen not to give in to the demands […]
Co-accused Eirene Mae Tatad does not enter plea (Eagle News) — Customs fixer Mark Ruben Taguba II on Friday, April 27, pleaded not guilty to the illegal drug charges filed against him in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu mess. His co-accused, Eirene Mae Tatad, owner of EMT Trading, the consignee of the shabu shipment refused to enter a plea before Branch 46 of the Manila Regional Trial Court. This prompted Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa to enter […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s former parliament speaker was handed a 15-year prison term on Tuesday in a victory for an ongoing clamp-down on widespread corruption. Setya Novanto, once among the country’s most influential politicians, had been accused of taking millions in kickbacks and bribes linked to the national roll-out of government ID cards. His months-long trial came after a string of maneuvers — including allegedly faking an injury in a car crash — that […]
(Eagle News)—Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has sacked a high-ranking Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines official over alleged extortion. In a statement on Sunday, Tugade said CAAP Airworthiness Inspector Rodolfo Moral has been dismissed for allegedly demanding money from a party in exchange for airworthiness certification. “Walang puwang sa departamento ko at sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Duterte ang mga corrupt! Hindi alam ng mga gaya ninyo ang tunay na kahulugan ng serbisyo publiko,” he said. According […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr., said that President Rodrigo Duterte will fire another undersecretary this week. The announcement was made during a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, April 17. Roque also said that the undersecretary who will be fired is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to remove corrupt officials. “Mayroon talagang [undersecretary] na scheduled para sibakin,” Roque said. This came after President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech during the mass […]
Says those recently fired were those who convinced him to run for presidency (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 17, said he fired as of last week “another set of high-(ranking) officials.” The President did not identify who these were in his speech before newly appointed officials in Malacanang, but said they were those who “went back and forth to Davao to convince me to run” for the presidency. “Ayoko sana […]
GUARUJA, Brazil (AFP) — A group of homelessness activists briefly occupied Monday the seaside apartment at the heart of the corruption case that saw ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva imprisoned earlier this month. About 30 members of the Homeless Workers’ Movement and other leftist activists got into the triplex apartment in Guaruja, near Sao Paulo, hanging placards from the balcony in support of Lula. “Release Lula or there’ll be no peace,” they shouted. Lula […]
South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye will not appeal her 24-year prison sentence for corruption, reports said Monday. Park, 66, who was removed from office over a massive corruption scandal last year, was convicted of multiple criminal charges including bribery and abuse of power at a trial earlier this month. She has boycotted all court hearings since October, claiming unfair treatment. On Monday Park submitted an appeal waiver to […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hinamon ng People for Power coalition ang Energy Regulatory Commission na isapubliko ang listahan ng isandaang Power Supply Agreements (PSA) na kanilang inaprubahan. Pangamba kasi ng koalisyon na baka kasama sa naaprubahan ang pitong mga PSA na pinasok ng Meralco at sister companies nito na posibleng magresulta sa napakataas na presyo ng kuryente. Bukod sa mataas na presyo ng kuryente ay magdudulot din umano ang mga coal power plant […]
CURITIBA, Brazil (AFP) — Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, imprisoned since the weekend on a corruption conviction, will still be the Workers’ Party candidate in Brazil’s October presidential election, party leaders said Monday. “He is our candidate no matter the circumstances,” party chief Gleisi Hoffmann said outside the police station in the southern city of Curitiba where Lula is locked up. The leftwing ex-president, 72, handed himself into police on Saturday, a day […]
(Eagle News)—Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has sacked Land Transportation Office personnel in Nueva Vizcaya over corruption allegations. Tugade issued the order against personnel at the LTO’s Bayombong District Office and Aritao Extension Office, after rice traders and truckers complained to President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday. According to the complainants, several of the LTO personnel earn as much as P1 million a day by extorting money from thousands of truckers bringing agricultural products from Cagayan Valley outside […]
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surrendered to police Saturday to start serving a 12-year sentence for corruption, Globo television reported. Lula was able to walk out of the metalworkers’ union building near Sao Paulo where he had spent two days holed up, and was taken away in a convoy of black police cars. An earlier attempt to leave by car had been blocked by […]
