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OPINION: Why Duterte has to knock Estrada and Revilla out of 'Magic 12'

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 21 08:27 PM

President Duterte’s dropping of Estrada and Revilla is really for his favored candidates Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa. Read more »

Coast Guard station commander sa Puerto Princesa, arestado sa pangingikil

Rex Ruta, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 19 11:52 PM

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY - Arestado ang station commander ng Philippine Coast Guard sa Puerto Princesa, Palawan dahil sa pangingikil umano sa isang mag-asawang negosyante. Read more »

Imee won’t fight back after opposition takes swipe at ‘thieves’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 07:24 PM

LAOAG CITY - Ilocos Norte Governor and senatorial hopeful Imee Marcos on Monday said she won’t engage opposition bets from Otso Diretso after they made reference to “thieving” candidates in a recent sortie. Read more »

Civil service workers warned vs campaigning for May poll candidates

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 04:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-corruption body on Thursday promised to go hard on civil service employees campaigning for candidates in the May midterm elections. Read more »

Ombudsman disposition, conviction rates dip in 2018

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 04:00 PM

The wheels of justice at the Office of the Ombudsman moved slower in 2018 than in 2017.  Read more »

Revilla gets movie star treatment at Hugpong campaign kickoff

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 03:24 PM

MANILA - After over four years of being incarcerated due to a plunder case, former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. said Tuesday he could not believe that he still remains relevant among Filipinos Read more »

At campaign launch, Jinggoy calls 'pork' raps baseless

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 12 09:26 PM

PAMPANGA - Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday hit back at the administration of former president Benigno Aquino III for filing charges against him in connection with the pork barrel scam, as he seeks to return to the Senate. Read more »

No word from Haiti's president as fear paralyzes capital

Amelie Baron, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 08:02 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Sporadic gunfire echoed through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Monday as the government remained silent in the face of protests that have paralyzed the Haitian capital and triggered rising violence. Read more »

Trump's World Bank pick, an ally for the lender's critics?

Douglas Gillison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 10 11:14 AM

President Donald Trump's choice to lead the World Bank is a firebrand critic of the world's largest anti-poverty lender -- an institution he has called wasteful, corrupt and overly generous to China.  Read more »

Duterte blames ex-DAR chief Mariano for land conversion backlog

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 09:49 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday blamed former Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano for the backlog in land use conversion cases at the department. Read more »

Problema sa loose firearms, hamon pa rin sa awtoridad: Jimenez

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 08 12:10 PM

MAYNILA – Kinakailangan pang magtrabaho ng husto ng pulisya at maging ang lokal na pamahalaan para masawata ang paglipana ng loose firearms, ayon kay Dante Jimenez, chairperson ng Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. Read more »

Lacson urges Duterte to veto budget items with 'look and smell' of pork

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 12:42 PM

Lacson said some P160 million in allocations per congressman were retained during a "small group" bicameral conference committee meeting late Wednesday. Read more »

Palace: Good governance drive is effective

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:47 PM

At least one opposition senator questions the basis of the improved ranking of the Philippines in Transparency International's corruption index. Read more »

5 opisyal ng DSWD, kongresista nahaharap sa reklamong plunder, graft

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 08:50 PM

Ang reklamong plunder at graft ay kaugnay ng 1.1 milyong 'overpriced' family food packs na ipinamigay sa mga evacuees sa giyera noon sa Marawi City. Read more »

Philippines improves in global corruption index

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 05:25 PM

The Philippines improved its ranking in a global corruption index, climbing 12 notches. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, a TIME magazine cover did not say Marcos had been acquitted in all corruption cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 06:06 PM

A search of the TIME magazine archive shows that this is a doctored image and the original cover featuring Marcos did not describe him in this way. Read more »

DPWH to release audit report on allegedly anomalous projects soon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 11:38 AM

The Department of Public Works and Highways will soon release its audit report on the allegedly anomalous projects where the budget chief supposedly favored his in-laws, Secretary Mark Villar said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte warns he’ll fire 'slow' agrarian reform officials

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 08:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned agrarian reform officials and personnel to do their jobs fast or he will fire them. Read more »

Andaya on Malampaya arraignment: Nice timing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 03:48 PM

House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr on Thursday said his arraignment for cases related to alleged misuse of Malampaya funds during his term as budget secretary has a "nice timing." Read more »

Ex-Chinese gov't official nabbed in Pasay after year in hiding

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 11:50 AM

Philippine officials on Wednesday turned over to Chinese authorities a former government official who hid in the Philippines for a year to evade prosecution for corruption charges and economic crimes. Read more »