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Binay matriarch cleared of graft, malversation charges over 2001 procurement deals

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 09:59 PM

In a decision by the anti-graft court, Binay was acquitted for the failure of the prosecution to prove her guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Read more »

Duterte's acceptance of gifts while in office violates law: lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 07:57 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's acceptance of expensive gifts such as properties is a violation of the law, a lawyer said Thursday. Read more »

‘Name your price’: Karen Davila, inaming may mga nagtangkang suhulan siya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 03:15 PM

Sa vlog ng aktor at talent manager na si Ogie Diaz, ibinahagi ni Karen Davila ang ilang karanasan kung saan sinubukan siyang bayaran sa gitna ng mga isyu na maaari nitong ungkatin bilang brodkaster. 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 »

Caloocan mayor, DepEd exec face graft complaint over gadgets

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 02:58 PM

A graft complaint was filed Wednesday against Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan, Education Undersecretary Alain Pascua and 3 others over the purchase of P320 million worth of alleged substandard smart tablets for public school students. Read more »

Ex-DICT official bares alleged overprice in free WIFI project

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 04:05 AM

The former official alleged that some half a billion pesos in pandemic emergency funds were spent for a project that should have cost much less.  Read more »

Ex-mayor sa Zamboanga del Norte pinakakasuhan, idinadawit sa maanomalyang kontrata

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 10:08 PM

Pinakakasuhan ng NBI ang dating alkalde ng Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte dahil sa umano'y mga maanomalyang kontrata. Read more »

Duterte fires government officials involved allegedly in corruption

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 01:35 AM

Despite the firings, Duterte says, this does not mean government has gotten rid of corruption: "Mayroon talaga iyan."  Read more »

Former Ombudsman urges successor: Probe spending of COVID-19 funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 05:56 PM

Former Ombudsman and 1Sambayan convenor Conchita Carpio Morales on Wednesday chided the Duterte administration over its COVID-19-related expenditures, and urged her successor to look into the matter.  Read more »

2022 presidential election could be ‘dirtiest, most vicious’ in PH history — Trillanes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 11:20 AM

Trillanes said running for president in the next election is practically going to war, considering what is at stake amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

China to put former top anti-corruption inspector on trial for graft

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 27 01:21 PM

Dong Hong’s case has been handed over to prosecutors amid allegations that he committed ‘grave violations’ of Communist Party discipline. Party leaders could be trying to clear a backlog ahead of next year’s party congress, observer says.  Read more »

Palace: PhilHealth debit-credit reimbursement expands to all high, critical risk areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 01:02 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth's faster method of reimbursing the claims by hospitals will now be implemented in all high and critical risk areas for COVID-19, Malacañang said on Thursday.  Read more »

Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 19 08:46 AM

LILONGWE, Malawi - Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday fired Labor Minister Ken Kandodo for diverting $800 worth of Covid-19 funds to pay for a government trip, part of a wider embezzlement scandal. Read more »

PhilHealth ordered to speed up payment of hospital claims

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 05:31 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered state medical insurer PhilHealth to speed up the reimbursement of claims by hospitals, after its unsettled debt allegedly hit the operations of facilities battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Malacañang said on Thursday. Read more »

DOJ says almost 300 complaints filed before corruption mega task force

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 04:44 PM

According to Justice Spokesperson Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, the task force already received 284 complaints, 2 of which were already sent to the Ombudsman.    Read more »

Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi broke secrets law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 08:40 AM

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been accused of breaking a colonial-era official secrets law, her lawyer said Thursday, as former colonial power Britain ramped up sanctions against the junta. Read more »

PhilHealth admits 'slowness' in payment of hospital claims

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 04:32 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth on Wednesday acknowledged some "slowness" in its processing of reimbursement claims by hospitals, which a group said forced some facilities to downsize their workforce as they face the COVID-19 pandemic.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit gusto ng mga alkalde na 'in kind' ang ayuda kaysa pera

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 05:18 PM

Gayunpaman, ilang netizens ang nagpahayag ng pagkabahala sa naturang opsyon dahil mataas umano ang tsansa nitong magkaroon ng "kickback", lalo't nasa LGU ang kapangyarihan.  Read more »

China takes aim at corrupt cadres and officials in expanded Inner Mongolia campaign

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 18 02:29 PM

A campaign targeting corruption in the coal industry of Inner Mongolia has been expanded to cover all cadres and officials in the northern Chinese region, with investigations to go as far back as two decades. Read more »

Myanmar's ousted leader Suu Kyi faces new corruption charges from junta

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 01:17 PM

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be hit with fresh corruption charges from the country's military junta, a decision slammed by her lawyer as "groundless and illogical" on Thursday.   Read more »