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OPINION: Enjoy the Games, don’t forget issues that matter

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Dec 03 03:26 AM

Who would be investigated then if “Cayetano and the rest” are exempted? Read more »

Congress' P75-B 'insertions' delayed 2019 budget: Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 11:28 AM

MANILA - Is the Senate partly to blame for the delay in the budget of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games? For Senator Panfilo Lacson, nothing could be further from the truth - saying it was congressmen who tried to insert P75 billion in pork barrel projects into the budget even after the bicameral report ratification. Read more »

Bolsonaro's son faces probe over 'ghost employees'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 01:05 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors have started a new investigation into the eldest son of President Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he embezzled public money by hiring "ghost employees," officials said. Read more »

'Sampalin mo': Duterte urges businessmen anew to be 'assertive' against corrupt officials

Hernel Tocmo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 12:38 AM

Duterte told investors and businessmen to file a complaint or report to him personally if public officials are asking money from them. Read more »

EXPLAINER: What are the corruption allegations against Israel's Netanyahu?

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 04:19 AM

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, presenting one of the gravest challenges yet to Israel's longest-serving leader. Read more »

White elephant? Lawmaker eyes probe of SEA Games spending

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 11:35 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday said he will seek a Senate inquiry on the mounting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines, including the construction of a P50 million cauldron (kaldero) at New Clark City.  Read more »

Duterte: Gov’t contracts must be settled by Dec. 15

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 01:23 AM

Duterte on Wednesday ordered all government offices and agencies to decide on pending transactions next month. Read more »

Why Pacquiao must slay this evil

Editorial cartoon by Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 03:46 AM

Fighting corruption in his own basketball league is one battle Senator Manny Pacquiao must win.  Read more »

Pulis, isa pa timbog sa pangingikil umano sa ilang police applicant sa Maguindanao

Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 08:34 PM

Sinampahan na ng kasong paglabag sa Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act ang nahuling pulis habang kasong large-scale estafa naman ang isinampa laban sa kasama nito. Read more »

Duterte eyes another probe into 2 corruption-tainted aides

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 12:54 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will call for another investigation into 2 members of his Cabinet who were found guilty of corruption by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), his spokesperson said Thursday.  Read more »

Impeachment Testimony: 'Trump cares more about the investigation of Biden'

Michael D. Shear, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 14 09:35 AM

WASHINGTON — A crucial witness offered dramatic new testimony Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s preoccupation with having Ukraine investigate his political rivals, as Democrats opened impeachment hearings designed to persuade a bitterly divided nation that the president tried to coerce a foreign power to help him win reelection.   Read more »

Climate change, corruption blamed for Venice flood devastation

Ella Ide, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 06:01 AM

VENICE, Italy—Much of Venice was underwater on Wednesday after the highest tide in 50 years ripped through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels and sending tourists fleeing through rapidly rising waters.   Read more »

Opisyal ng LTFRB-Bicol, 13 iba pa sinibak dahil sa katiwalian

Raya Capulong, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 11:01 AM

Tumanggap umano ang mga ito ng pera para mapabilis ang pagproseso at bigyan ng Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) ang public utility vehicle operators sa Catanduanes at Masbate.  Read more »

Japan's trade minister resigns over money, gifts scandal

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 26 09:41 PM

Japan's trade minister Isshu Sugawara resigned Friday, little more than a month after taking the post, amid allegations that his office offered money and gifts to supporters in violation of the country's election law. Read more »

Gov't told to exhaust all remedies vs junking of Marcos forfeiture case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 08:28 PM

After the Sandiganbayan dismissed another case against the Marcos family involving millions of ill-gotten wealth for insufficiency of evidence, veteran human rights lawyer Chel Diokno called on the government to revisit charges against the family. Read more »

Japan trade minister resigns over donation scandal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 09:36 AM

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new trade minister has submitted his resignation after being accused of violating election law by offering voters money and gifts, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday. Read more »

Samsung heir's corruption retrial hangs over phonemaker

Sunghee Hwang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 12:15 PM

The heir to the Samsung empire returns to court this week for a retrial over a sprawling corruption scandal that could see him return to prison and deprive the world's largest smartphone and chip manufacturer of its top decision-maker.  Read more »

Trump says being president has cost him $2 billion to $5 billion

Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Oct 22 06:59 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that being president has cost him between $2 billion and $5 billion that he would have made if he had continued running his business instead of getting into politics, a claim unsupported by evidence.   Read more »

Duterte says willing to cut short Cabinet meetings to hear businessmen’s woes

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 10:42 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte told businessmen Thursday of his administration’s commitment in battling corruption, saying he is even willing to cut short Cabinet meetings just to listen to traders’ problems. Read more »

PDAF scam whistleblower testifies Revilla 'kind,' allowed installments of alleged kickbacks

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 02:41 PM

Pork barrel scam whistleblower Benhur Luy concluded Thursday his testimony in the graft cases against Sen. Bong Revilla by referring to the legislator as a “kind” person, but with reservations.  Read more »