Tag: corruption

Pres. Duterte urges Filipinos to take stand vs corruption, criminality, illegal drugs, terrorism in Bonifacio Day message

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 30, joined Filipinos in commemorating the 156th birth anniversary of Philippine revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio as he challenged Filipinos to take a stand against corruption, criminality, terrorism and illegal drugs. In his Bonifacio Day message, the President said that this day is an “auspicious occasion to reflect” on Bonifacio’s legacy of “awakening the Filipino consciousness to fight for our freedom and build an entire nation.” He […]

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Former Maldives leader jailed for money laundering

MALE, Maldives (AFP) — Disgraced Maldives ex-president Abdulla Yameen was sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering on Thursday after a corruption probe into the former strongman’s rule of the luxury tourist destination. Yameen, who ran the Indian Ocean archipelago with an iron fist before his shock election loss in 2018, was accused of illegally transferring one million dollars from one of his bank accounts during an ongoing graft investigation. The 60-year-old was […]

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Duterte gives assurance two Cabinet officials linked to corruption to be given due process

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given the assurance the two Cabinet members who were linked to corruption would be given due process. “If you are corrupt, kasi ipapatawag kita dito sa opisina and we will have a one-on-one talk. Kasi kung meron, I’ll fire you. Sigurado ‘yan,” Duterte said, without giving names. He said he has already seen the briefer on the two officials, but said he has yet to see the result […]

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LTFRB dismisses 14 employees from Bicol office for alleged corruption

Regional director, two others suspended (Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has dismissed 14 employees from its Bicol regional office due to alleged corruption. The LTFRB said also suspended from  the  Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office Region V were Director Vladimir Kahulugan, and employees Andres Tabunda and Arnel Sabello. The LTFRB said Kahulugan was charged with grave misconduct, gross neglect of duty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the public. Tabunda […]

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Duterte asks PNOC chief to resign for alleged loss of confidence

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the head of the Philippine National Oil Corporation to resign for alleged loss of confidence. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte’s order against Atty. Pedro A. Aquino, Jr.,  who is also a member of the Board of the PNOC-Exploration Corporation, was “pursuant to his anti-corruption campaign in the government, and underscores once again that there are no sacred cows under this Administration.” Duterte has reiterated his […]

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Isko Moreno asks city council to abolish Manila Tricycle Regulatory Office due to corruption

(Eagle News)–Manila Mayor Isko Moreno on Monday, Sept. 23, asked  the city council to abolish the Manila Tricycle Regulatory Office, citing corruption in the department. Moreno said during the city’s flag-raising ceremony that he has already asked Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna to do this. In calling for the abolition, Moreno said some MTRO personnel receive bribes almost weekly from tricycle drivers in exchange for allowing them to ply  routes  other than the ones specified in […]

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Argentina ex-president Kirchner to be tried for fourth time

  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentina’s former president Cristina Kirchner is to stand trial for a fourth time on corruption charges, even as the leftist opposition leader vies for the position of vice president in elections next month. The 66-year-old, who served two terms as president, is accused of having taken $160 million in bribes for steering public works contracts towards favored businessmen close to her and her late husband Nestor, who served as […]

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Various money-making schemes by Bucor officials revealed during Senate hearing

https://youtu.be/x3htSbQgS1k (Eagle News) – In this report by Eagle News Service reporter Meanne Corvera, various witnesses detailed the various money-making schemes at the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa City. In the fifth hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon and Justice Committee, former Bucor officer-in-charge Director Rafael Ragos testified about the privileges which inmates get at the right price. These include the entry of prostitutes – called tilapia by BuCor insiders – and the entry of […]

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Sotto believes 3 BuCor officials who backed out from testifying to corruption in BuCor feared for their lives

(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto believes the three Bureau of Corrections officials who were supposed to testify to corruption in the bureau in the Senate on Thursday, Sept. 12, backed out at the last minute for fear they would be killed. Sotto noted the three backed out right after the killing of prison guard  Edgardo Ferrer on the day of the hearing. According to Sotto, based on information he received, Ferrer, the father of a […]

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Peru court cuts jail time for opposition leader Keiko Fujimori

  by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s Supreme Court on Thursday halved the pre-trial detention of Keiko Fujimori, paving the way for the opposition leader to leave jail in April of next year. Fujimori, 44, was ordered held for 36 months last October in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Fujimori, who is detained at a women’s prison south of the capital Lima, had petitioned the […]

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Former BuCor OIC details other forms of corruption in BuCor; reiterates De Lima benefited when she was justice secretary

(Eagle News)–Former Bureau of Corrections officer in charge Rafael Ragos on Thursday,  Sept. 12,  detailed other forms of corruption in BuCor, noting that then-Justice Secretary Leila de Lima was one of the “beneficiaries.” Under questioning by Senator Panfilo Lacson, Ragos, who was appointed by De Lima at the helm of the BuCor, said he himself delivered P5 million to De Lima in her house in Parañaque at one time. Ragos said he found the money […]

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Suspended BuCor legal unit chief: No GCTA for sale, but there is corruption in BuCor

(Eagle News)–Suspended Bureau of Corrections legal affairs unit chief Fredric Anthony Santos does not believe Good Conduct Time Allowances can be sold at a price for the release of inmates. In an ambush interview on Thursday, Sept. 12, Santos said he first heard about the so-called GCTA for sale in the Senate inquiry into the problems in the BuCor. But Santos admitted during the Senate joint hearing  into problems in BuCor that there was corruption […]

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