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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, July 6, said he would hold Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar accountable if there was any delay or failure in the government’s infrastructure projects, noting the need to eliminate corruption for the country to progress. “So I would like to call the attention of the secretaries, especially Secretary Villar, that if there is any slippage of any work of any kind by the national government. If you […]
(Eagle News) –Officials behind public works projects that remained unfinished for years will be the next target of President Rodrigo Duterte who vowed to initiate a review of these delayed projects. He said these negligent officials will have to go. “So I will review with the Cabinet this one. All public works projects, which have been delayed for years, you get out immediately and I can maybe look for the money,” President Duterte said […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentine police arrested a former government minister when they caught him trying to hide millions of dollars in cash and jewels at a monastery, officials said. Jose Lopez, 55, served as deputy minister for public works for 12 years under the country’s two last presidents. He was already facing corruption charges in the courts. He was caught throwing suitcases over a wall into the garden of an old monastery now […]
