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3 huli kaugnay sa ninakaw na ventilator sa QC hospital

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 19 11:24 AM

Arestado ang 3 tao kaugnay sa pagnanakaw umano ng isang portable ventilator sa isang opsital sa Quezon City. Read more »

Sandiganbayan clears Muntinlupa mayor of PDAF scam direct bribery

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 11:41 AM

The Sandiganbayan 7th Division has cleared former Muntinlupa representative and now mayor Ruffy Biazon of direct bribery in connection with the PDAF scam. Read more »

Tokyo Olympic organizers call bribery scandal 'personal problem'

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 22 07:16 PM

Members of the now-defunct Tokyo Olympic organizing committee are trying to put the widening sponsorship bribery scandal to rest. Read more »

DOH urges pharma firms to show proof of FDA anomalies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 07:36 PM

The Department of Health on Tuesday urged pharmaceutical firms to report alleged anomalies in the Food and Drug Administration. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal widens with mascot allegations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 19 09:17 PM

A corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo Olympics widened on Wednesday as a former Games executive was re-arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from two firms, one of which reportedly sold official mascot toys. Read more »

Ex-Tokyo Olympic executive faces fresh bribery case

Kyodo News
Updated as of Oct 16 10:10 PM

Japanese prosecutors are set to build yet another corruption case against a former Tokyo Olympic executive for allegedly accepting bribes. Read more »

Don't butter up teachers: Chinese parents warned (again) not to give lavish gifts

Mandy Zuo in Shanghai, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 08 09:48 AM

As this year’s Teacher’s Day approaches this Saturday, parents have been warned not to shower teachers with gifts. Read more »

Tokyo Games sponsor accused of bribery

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 18 04:45 PM

Aoki released a statement Wednesday in the wake of the arrests saying it would cooperate with the investigation by prosecutors. Read more »

Ombudsman ruling on De Lima bribery raps consistent with ours: DOJ

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 07:43 PM

The DOJ said Thursday there is no inconsistency between a recent Ombudsman ruling junking bribery raps against former Senator Leila de Lima and an earlier DOJ resolution involving the same incident. Read more »

Ombudsman junks bribery raps vs De Lima, Ronnie Dayan

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 09:45 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has junked bribery complaints against former senator Leila de Lima and her former bodyguard over an alleged P8 million bribe from self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa. Read more »

AFP respects court’s decision on Carlos Garcia case

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 01:18 AM

The anti-graft court found former AFP comptroller retired Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia guilty of direct bribery and facilitating money laundering. Read more »

Ex-military comptroller accused of plunder found guilty of lesser offenses

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 12:04 PM

Former military comptroller Carlos Garcia, who was originally facing plunder and money laundering cases, was found guilty by the Sandiganbayan 2nd Division of the lesser offenses of direct bribery and facilitating money laundering. Read more »

18 immigration personnel dismissed over 'pastillas' scam

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 04:55 PM

The Department of Justice has dismissed from service 18 Bureau of Immigration personnel tagged in the controversial "pastillas scheme". Read more »

2 'nangikil' sa Customs broker, tiklo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 09:01 PM

Arestado sa entrapment operation ng pulisya ang dalawang suspek sa pangingikil sa isang Customs broker. Read more »

Fewer inspections, better auditing eyed as a fix vs Customs corruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 04:43 PM

A researcher believes fewer physical inspections at the ports while focusing on inspections of riskier commodities could lessen Customs corruption. Read more »

Fil-Am ex-Hawaii lawmaker charged with accepting bribes

Lalaine Ignao | TFC News Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted at Feb 11 02:17 PM

A Fil-Am former Hawaii state representative is charged with accepting bribes in exchange for legislative actions. Read more »

China corruption busters mull making bribe givers pay

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Sep 09 02:33 PM

China’s anti-corruption bodies and law enforcement organs have said they are exploring measures to get tougher on people who give bribes – not just officials who take them – and build a blacklist of suspected bribers. Read more »

Vaccines for votes: Lebanon's oligarchs turn to COVID bribery

Bachir El Khoury, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 11:23 AM

Lebanon's cash-strapped leaders are bribing their base with free COVID-19 jabs ahead of next year's elections, in what observers say is the latest variant on an old corruption trick.  Read more »

Firm seeking franchise in 2016 tried to bribe senators with P20M: Lacson, Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 06:53 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said a company tried to give him and Senate President Vicente Sotto III an "8-digit" bribe in exchange for the approval of its congressional franchise in 2016. Read more »

Ericsson to pay 80 million euros to Nokia in bribes case

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 12 08:04 PM

Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said Wednesday it had agreed to pay Finnish competitor Nokia 80 million euros ($97 millions) to settle a dispute linked to bribes and accounting fraud. Read more »