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Judge asks Samsung heir to be humble at bribery trial

Heekyong Yang, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 25 11:53 PM

SEOUL (UPDATED) - A South Korean judge overseeing Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee’s bribery trial told him on Friday to “humbly accept” whatever the outcome of the trial, which could result in a tougher sentence for the conglomerate’s de-facto leader. Read more »

2 Chinese arrested for offering P1.7-M bribe to cops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 11:27 AM

Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for bribing policemen over the release of 6 Chinese men nabbed for human trafficking, police said Wednesday.   Read more »

2 Chinese timbog sa tangkang panunuhol sa pulis sa Makati

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 07:22 PM

MAYNILA (UPDATE)—Arestado ang 2 lalaking Chinese na nagtangka umanong manuhol sa pulis kapalit ng pagpapalaya sa 6 nilang kasamahan na naaresto sa raid sa hotel sa Makati. Read more »

Tauhan ng barangay timbog sa pangingikil sa Valenzuela

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 07:48 PM

Isang barangay coordinator ang inaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation matapos umanong mangikil sa taong sumuko dahil sa ilegal na droga. Read more »

Dela Rosa denies receiving payoffs as BuCor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 02:50 PM

Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa has denied receiving money from inmates at the national penitentiary in during his stint as Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief last year. Read more »

Actress Felicity Huffman gets 14 days jail in US college admissions scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 05:55 AM

BOSTON, United States—"Desperate Housewives" actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 2 weeks in jail for paying bribes to help her daughter gain admission to a prestigious American university.   Read more »

'Tilapia,' iba pang 'raket' sa Bilibid, isiniwalat sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 08:53 PM

Ikinanta ng mga dating opisyal sa Bureau of Corrections ang mga "raket" sa loob ng New Bilibid Prison. Read more »

'24-hr gambling, 30k tilapia, kidnapping': Ex-BuCor chief exposes rackets inside Bilibid

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 02:19 PM

MANILA - High-profile inmates at the New Bilibid Prison bribed prison officials so they could enjoy certain privileges while detained such as female entertainers that were worth P30,000 a night, a former chief of the Bureau of Corrections said Thursday.  Read more »

Abogado ng Chinese huli sa tangkang panunuhol ng pulis

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 11:58 AM

Inaresto ang isang abogado at kaniyang 2 kasamahan matapos umano subukang manuhol ng mga pulis para makalaya ang kaniyang kliyenteng Chinese. Read more »

When are gifts considered bribes for gov't officials?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 09:35 AM

Belgica says they cannot stop private individuals from expressing their gratitude to government officials but he also says the law isn't clear on what counts as an acceptable amount. Read more »

CSC urges gov't workers to decline gifts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 09:19 AM

The Civil Service Commission on Tuesday urged government officials and employees to decline gifts from the public, after President Rodrigo Duterte said that police officers can accept items given out of gratefulness or generosity.    Read more »

Regalo o commendation? What people are saying about giving gifts to cops

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 09:18 AM

Instead of gifts, the public should instead give letters of commendations to policemen as a sign of gratitude. Read more »

China's Ivy League dreams fuel lucrative admissions industry

Poornima Weerasekara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 06:49 AM

BEIJING - From hiring ghostwriters and forging sports credentials to generous 'gift-giving', admissions middlemen in China are advising wealthy parents to take an array of 'shortcuts' to secure places at foreign universities.  Read more »

Mga pulis, gov't worker bawal tumanggap ng regalo: Civil Service chair

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 08:40 PM

Bawal sa batas ang pagtanggap ng mga opisyal o empleyado ng gobyerno ng regalo kapalit ng ginawang trabaho. Read more »

'Bato' admits receiving gifts as a cop: 'How do I stop them?'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 12 06:18 PM

Sen. Ronald dela Rosa on Monday admitted he received gifts when he was still a policeman, saying it was part of Filipino culture, as President Rodrigo Duterte came under fire for saying he does not consider accepting gifts given out of gratefulness as bribery. Read more »

PNP won't accept gifts with strings attached, Albayalde says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 09:57 AM

Policemen could not accept gifts that come with favors, the country's top cop said Monday. Read more »

2 Chinese huli sa pagmamaneho nang lasing, panunuhol sa Maynila

Jekki Pascual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 07:35 AM

Inaresto ang 2 Chinese nationals dahil sa pagmamaneho nang lasing at tangkang panunuhol sa mga pulis sa Maynila.    Read more »

Mga pulis-Maynila sinibak dahil sa 'pagtanggap ng lagay'

Isay Reyes, ABS CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 08:26 PM

Sinibak sa puwesto ang siyam pulis ng Manila Police District Station 11, kabilang ang hepe nitong si Police Leut. Col. Antoinietto Mendoza.  Read more »

Erap camp denies taking bribes, says Manila not in debt

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 04 04:16 PM

MANILA - A former official under the administration of ex-Manila Mayor Joseph "Erap" Estrada denied Thursday that city hall pocketed millions of pesos in bribes from illegal vendors while leaving massive debt for the next administration. Read more »

Former Manila admins 'most likely' benefited from bribery: Moreno

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 03 04:47 PM

The revious administrations of the City of Manila "most likely" benefited from bribes for the operations of illegal vendors in Divisoria, Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko" Moreno said Wednesday.   Read more »