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2 kawani ng BIR na umano'y nanghingi ng P2 milyong suhol, arestado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 01:14 AM

Arestado ang isang revenue district officer at isang examiner ng BIR sa entrapment operation na ikinasa ng CIDG sa Maynila kaninang hapon. Read more »

Ibang dawit sa PDAF scam, makikinabang sa plunder acquittal ni Revilla?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 10:13 PM

Dismayado rin ang ilang mambabatas lalo't convicted ang kanang kamay ni Bong Revilla. Pangamba nila, mababasura rin ang kaso nina Juan Ponce Enrile at Jinggoy Estrada na kasalukuyan pang nililitis. Read more »

Bong cleared; Napoles, Revilla aide found guilty in pork barrel scam case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 12:30 PM

The Philippines' anti-graft court has acquitted former senator Bong Revilla of plunder - the first ever verdict handed down in dozens of cases related to the P10 billion pork barrel scam.  Read more »

Bong Revilla halos walang tulog dahil sa promulgasyon: Lani Mercado

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 09:28 AM

MAYNILA - Balisa at halos hindi nakatulog si dating Senador Bong Revilla sa Philippine National Police Custodial Center Huwebes ng gabi, ayon sa maybahay nitong si Bacoor Mayor Lani Mercado. Read more »

WATCH: Bong Revilla arrives at Sandiganbayan for promulgation of plunder case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 07 12:51 PM

Former senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr arrived Friday at the Sandiganbayan for the promulgation of judgment on his plunder case in connection with the P10 billion pork barrel scam. Read more »

Former HK exec found guilty of bribing African officials to support China energy projects

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 06 11:11 AM

NEW YORK - Hong Kong's former home affairs secretary Patrick Ho Chi Ping was convicted by a New York court Wednesday over a multimillion dollar bribery scheme in Africa on behalf of a top Chinese energy company. Read more »

Vietnam launches hotline vs crooked cops

Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 12:15 PM

HANOI - Vietnam has set up a telephone hotline for people to report accusations of police corruption, state media said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on graft in the Southeast Asian country that has jailed dozens of officials. Read more »

Mexican president wants to scrap own immunity

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 08:28 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's new President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Tuesday he was sending a bill to Congress to eliminate presidential immunity, which the anti-establishment leftist says has fueled corruption.   Read more »

Imelda Marcos allowed to post bail, seek 'post-conviction remedies'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 04:05 PM

The Sandiganbayan 5th Division has granted the request of Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos to post bail and file post-conviction remedies, including going to the Supreme Court, where she plans to challenge the decision finding her guilty of 7 graft cases. Read more »

Venezuelan ex-official gets 10 years in US jail for corruption

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 06:29 AM

A former official in the government of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in US prison after pleading guilty in a billion-dollar money laundering case. Read more »

Duterte says probing Trillanes’ parents’ dealings with gov't

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 08:36 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said an investigation is underway into the alleged dealings of the parents of his staunch critic, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Usec next on Duterte’s chopping block

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 05:27 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he will fire another government official. Read more »

Palace says housing exec sacked due to extortion

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 26 06:37 PM

Former Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Secretary-General Falconi Millar was removed from his post after being accused of extortion, the President's spokesman said Monday.  Read more »

HUDCC exec Falconi Millar, sinibak ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 02:13 AM

Sinibak sa puwesto ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Secretary General Falconi Millar ng Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. Read more »

Duterte sacks HUDCC sec-gen

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 06:34 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has fired Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Secretary-General Falconi Millar due to allegations of corruption, the Palace said Thursday.   Read more »

Ex-Panama president's sons detained in Miami on corruption charges

Elida Moreno, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 07:57 AM

PANAMA CITY - The two sons of jailed former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli have been arrested in Miami and face extradition back home on money-laundering charges, Panama's attorney general said on Wednesday. Read more »

Ombudsman files complaint vs lawyer who accused gov't prosecutors of corruption

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:52 AM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Tuesday filed a complaint at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against lawyer Edna Batacan for alleged violation of the Ombudsman Act as well as corruption of public officials.    Read more »

Venezuela's former treasurer took $1 billion in bribes: US prosecutors

Brian Ellsworth and Luc Cohen, Reuters
Posted at Nov 21 08:45 AM

Alejandro Andrade, who ran the treasury for four years under late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, received properties, platinum and gold Rolex watches and Mercedes Benz vehicles thanks to the scheme, documents from the Southern District of Florida say. Read more »

Ilang ahensiya, naglagda ng kasunduan laban katiwalian sa Customs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 01:49 AM

Pirmado na ang kasunduan sa pagitan ng Bureau of Customs, Armed Forces of the Philippines, at Philippine Coast Guard. Read more »

SC upholds finding of probable cause vs Cam Sur town mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 05:23 PM

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition for review filed by a Camarines Sur town mayor dismissed over the anomalous lease of a public property, documents released Friday said. Read more »