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COA flags PhilHealth’s payment schemes over susceptibility to fraud

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 07:14 PM

COA noted that PhilHealth's All Case Rate Payment Scheme sped up the reimbursement process but lacked control mechanisms to detect and prevent fraud. Read more »

Former French president Sarkozy convicted of corruption, handed jail sentence

Tangi Salaün, Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 09:55 PM

PARIS - Judges found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and sentenced him to three years in jail, with two years suspended. Read more »

Senate OKs resolution lauding Vico Sotto for anti-corruption efforts

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 08:08 PM

(UPDATE) The Senate on Monday approved a resolution commending Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto after the United States named him as one of 12 "Anti-Corruption Champions" and "the standard bearer for the new breed of politicians." Read more »

Duterte, nagbabala sa mga taga-PDEA na tumatanggap ng suhol mula sa drug suspects

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 03:10 AM

MAYNILA - Pinangalanan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nitong Miyerkoles ang ilang empleyado ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) na nasuspinde o 'di kaya natanggal sa puwesto dahil sa korapsyon. Read more »

Duterte says 'pristine clean' government 'impossible'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 08:17 AM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that while he would continue to fight corruption up to the last year of his stay in Malacañang, a "pristine clean" bureaucracy would be "impossible."    Read more »

Ex-Cagayan governor acquitted of graft cases over mall construction

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 07:05 PM

Former Cagayan governor Edward Lara has been acquitted by the Sandiganbayan 6th Division of two graft cases stemming from his alleged use of the provincial government to float bonds for the construction of a mall in 2001. Read more »

China’s former richest man vows 2022 comeback after release from prison

Josh Ye, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 20 01:26 PM

One of China’s most influential entrepreneurs before the country’s rich list came to be dominated by tech founders and property developers, Huang Guangyu was arrested in late 2008 on suspicion of “economic crimes,” and convicted in 2010 for insider trading and corporate bribery. He was originally sentenced to 14 years in jail, but his term was shortened for good behavior. He was released from prison last year. Read more »

Gordon calls for resumption of Senate probe into PhilHealth over alleged anomalies at regional hospitals

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:23 AM

The state insurer, Gordon said, still owed the Philippine Red Cross, a nongovernment organization Gordon heads, about P700 million as of February 16. Read more »

PhilHealth says may finish liquidating 'stolen' P15 billion in March

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 06:29 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth said on Monday it might complete next month a liquidation of P15 billion in public funds that were allegedly stolen by unscrupulous officials.  Read more »

China antitrust: Beijing’s new rule book raises the bar for what counts as monopoly

Iris Deng and Coco Feng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 10 07:52 PM

This new rule book for regulators comes at a time when some of the country’s largest and most influential technology companies – including Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings – are embroiled in various anti-monopoly issues.  Read more »

China’s corruption busters warn ‘poisonous elements’ still part of domestic security apparatus

William Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 10 12:41 PM

A series of reports published on Monday by China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the country’s top anti-corruption body, said that not enough had been done to root out “poisonous elements” in organizations such as the Ministry of Public Security, where a string of senior leaders have fallen as a result of corruption investigations.   Read more »

Mexican president wants bosses to take unsold presidential jet

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 10 11:02 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he was trying to get wealthy businessmen to club together and acquire his predecessor's presidential jet, which he has spent more than two years unsuccessfully trying to sell. Read more »

20 dagdag kaso ng korapsyon iniimbestigahan ng Task Force PhilHealth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 05:39 PM

MAYNILA - Posibleng humaba pa ang imbestigasyon hinggil sa alegasyon ng korapsiyon sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation matapos na madagdagan ng 20 pang mga kaso ang sinisiyasat ngayon ng Task Force PhilHealth.   Read more »

'Pag walang consultation, baka may corruption': VACC blasts PMVIC operations during pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 05:32 PM

The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) on Tuesday slammed possible corruption in private motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVIC) as it was implemented during the pandemic and without public consultation. Read more »

PH slips to 115th place in global corruption index

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 01:38 PM

The Philippines has dropped down 2 notches from a global corruption index, according to Transparency International, as efforts to rein in corruption appeared to have "stagnated".   Read more »

China executes former top banker over bribery, bigamy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 03:59 AM

Lai Xiaomin, the former chairman of Huarong — one of China's largest state-controlled asset management firms — was put to death by a court in the northern city of Tianjin, CCTV said. Read more »

'It wasn't stolen': PhilHealth says 'missing' P15B went to hospitals for COVID-19 expenses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 08:25 AM

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp on Thursday rejected claims that the alleged missing P15 billion funds were stolen, saying they went to hospitals to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

PhilHealth says 92 percent of 'stolen' P15-billion funds were 'liquidated,' not missing

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 03:25 PM

State medical insurer PhilHealth said on Tuesday it had "liquidated" most of the P15 billion that former officials were accused last year of pocketing.  Read more »

Duterte tells Filipinos to 'stab' fraudsters who use his name in corruption

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 01:52 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday Filipinos should "stab" fraudsters who use his name and the names of other cabinet officials for corrupt purposes.   Read more »

Duterte nagbabala sa mga gumagamit umano ng pangalan niya para sa mga proyekto

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 01:42 AM

MAYNILA - Nagbabala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga gumagamit ng kaniyang pangalan at ng kaniyang Cabinet members para makahuthot ng pera para sa mga kontrata ng iba’t ibang proyekto.  Read more »