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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari was arrested Monday after his bail application was rejected in connection with a high-profile money laundering case that saw millions allegedly siphoned out of the country. Zardari, husband of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, served as president from 2008 until 2013 and has long been the subject of corruption allegations, and he is widely known in Pakistan as “Mr Ten Percent”. Small scuffles […]
(Eagle News)– Former transportation secretary Joseph Emilio “Jun” Abaya and six other officials of the dissolved Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) are facing graft charges for the purchase of P3.8 billion worth of license plates under the Aquino administration. Former Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) general manager Al Vitangcol led the filing of the case against Abaya at the Department of Justice on Tuesday (December 6). Vitangcol told […]
According to the Senate sub-committee on public services led by Senator Grace Poe, Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya should be charged with graft in connection with the multi-billion dollar maintenance contract entered into by said Department. em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 13 (Eagle News) — Manila City Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada and Vice Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno faced graft charges at the Office of the Ombudsman after demolishing the Quinta Market. Said complaint was filed by the Quinta vendors, alleging that said officials abused their powers when they forcibly demolished the market. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
The three senators facing plunder and grafted charges. He further added that according to jurisprudence, government officials are automatically suspended when faced with graft and plunder charges.
