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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has called for the removal of brokers and examiners in the Bureau of Customs. “Ang gusto ko, wala nang brokers. Pagka may brokers, may corruption talaga ‘yan. Ngayon, sinasabi ko, sabihin mo sa Pilipino, kung gusto talaga nila walang corruption, tanggalin na natin ‘yang mga ganon..wala nang examiner sa Customs wala nang brokers,” he said. According to Duterte if the brokers in particular are removed, “you would have cut corruption overnight.” […]
(Eagle News)–The partner of an inmate at the New Bilibid Prison testified on Thursday, Sept. 5, that she paid P50000 to Bureau of Corrections officers to secure his freedom. According to Yolanda Camelon, who faced senators during the third hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance, the amount was given to Major Mabel Bansil and Staff Sgt. Ramoncito Roque. “Sabi ko in what way, ‘yon nga lang magastos. May binanggit siyang certain amount na P50K. […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of the recently arrested co-accused in the drug-related cases filed against Senator Leila de Lima has denied the allegations against him. The lawyer of Jose Adrian Dera, alias Jad de Vera himself issued the denial when his client was presented to the media at the National Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Manila hours after he was arrested in his house in Barangay Balibago, Pampanga around 5:30 a.m. Dera, who had been in […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Ombudsman is conducting a preliminary probe and an administrative adjudication against Public Attorneys Office chief Persida Acosta and forensics chief Erwin Erfe over corruption allegations against them. In a statement issued after at least 80 PAO lawyers denied fiing a manifestation seeking Acosta’s and Erfe’s suspension before the anti-graft body, the Ombudsman said the probe stemmed from the complaint for graft, falsification, malversation and illegal use of public funds or […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating two Cabinet secretaries for alleged corruption. PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica made the revelation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, in a Palace briefing. He, however, refused to identify the Cabinet secretaries, saying the probe was still ongoing. He said the results would be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte as soon as the probe is completed. Belgica said one of the complainants was an official in one of the Cabinet secretary’s […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has affirmed the libel conviction of a blogger who accused now-Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon of corruption in social media. In affirming the Sept. 18, 2018 and March 7, 2019 resolutions of the CA that affirmed with modification a Pasay court’s conviction of Manuel Mejorada, the SC said the appellate court correctly ruled that the elements of libel in his posts were sufficiently established by the prosecution. According to the SC, […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has ordered a reshuffle of all its cashiers at the central office and the relief of all its security guards. LTFTB Chair Martin Delgra III also ordered all regional directors to submit themselves to a lifestyle check, and directed them to submit a copy of their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and other documents that may be necessary. Delgra issued the order after a composite […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Guevarra’s directive to NBI director Dante Gierran was contained in Department Order No. 383 issued on Friday, July 26. His order came days after President Rodrigo Duterte railed against corruption and illegal drugs in his fourth State of the Nation Address. “Further, Director Gierran is hereby directed to submit reports on the progress of the […]
Says Duterte is giving “mixed signals” in placing officials he had removed from office to other higher gov’t posts (Eagle News) – Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s actions of transferring government officials he had removed from office to other government posts, especially higher ones. Aquino was reacting to President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, where the President stressed how the war against corruption is […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Customs on Friday, May 31, clarified what it auctioned off in July was the tapioca starch alone and not the illegal drugs. The BOC made the clarification after Senator Panfilo Lacson questioned its sale of what he said was a shipment discovered in a Malabon warehouse on March 5 and which contained P1 billion worth of shabu concealed in 114 bags of aluminum pallets from Cambodia. Lacson noted a public auction […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 29, urged Japanese businessmen to invest in the country, ensuring a “competitive and corruption-free” business climate. Speaking before the businessmen in a business forum at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Duterte reiterated he was staking his “honor” and “persona” in what he guaranteed in the forum. According to Duterte, if Japanese businessmen had a complaint of corruption, they could contact his Cabinet members or seek an audience with […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A former Goldman Sachs banker pleaded not guilty Monday in New York to bribery and other charges in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal after being extradited from Malaysia. Malaysian Ng Chong Hwa, 51, a former managing director at the bank charged in both Malaysia and America over the 1MDB fraud, was extradited to the US on Friday, Malaysian attorney-general Tommy Thomas said. Also known as Roger Ng, the defendant was […]
