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Defiant Netanyahu goes on trial in Israel charged with corruption

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Updated as of May 24 11:48 PM

Benjamin Netanyahu professed his innocence at the start of his corruption trial on Sunday, saying he was being framed but "standing tall" in the first criminal prosecution of a serving Israeli prime minister. Read more »

15 more cases readied vs village officials in cash aid anomalies, 93 others under probe

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 03:02 PM

MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Saturday said it was preparing at least 15 more cases against village officials as the investigation into alleged anomalies in the distribution of cash aid under the government’s social amelioration program (SAP) continues.   Read more »

Lacson sees 'pattern of overpricing' in procurement of COVID-19 equipment, vows day of reckoning

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Updated as of May 21 02:25 PM

MANILA - The pattern of alleged overpricing in the Department of Health's procurement of medical equipment in the middle of a pandemic is the “height of callousness and greed,” Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Thursday. Read more »

Senate to probe govt's alleged procurement of overpriced PPEs, COVID-19 test kits

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 07:09 PM

"We will require the Department of Health, Department of Budget Management and other concerned agencies to explain," Senate Health Committee chair Christopher "Bong" Go told reporters in a text message. Read more »

23 barangay officials kinasuhan dahil sa maanomalyang pamamahagi ng cash aid

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 01:42 PM

Dalawampu’t tatlong opisyal ng mga barangay ang sinampahan ng patong-patong na reklamo matapos masangkot sa maanomalyang pamamahagi ng social amelioration program, ayon sa Department of the Interior and Local Government. Read more »

Kapitan, 4 kagawad na 'hinati-hati' ang ibibigay na cash aid sa QC kinasuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 01:49 PM

MAYNILA - Kinasuhan ng Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ang 5 barangay officials na sangkot sa paghahati-hati umano ng social amelioration subsidy ng kanilang mga residente sa Quezon City.    Read more »

P30,000 pabuya alok sa makakapagturo sa mga opisyal na nangungulimbat ng cash aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 12:46 PM

MAYNILA - Nag-alok ng P30,000 pabuya si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa sino mang magre-report at makakapagpatunay sa mga lokal na opisyal na nangungurakot ng pondo mula sa ayudang nakalaan para sa mahihirap.    Read more »

Duterte fires PACC exec who sought probe on Robredo's coronavirus relief efforts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 12:07 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday night said he fired Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) commissioner Manuelito Luna for calling an investigation on Vice President Leni Robredo's efforts for the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

VP Robredo, dapat umanong imbestigahan dahil sa pakikipagkompetensiya sa gobyerno sa paghatid ng COVID-19 relief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 11:32 PM

Bukod sa medical supplies at PPE, nagbigay din si Vice President Leni Robredo ng libreng shuttle service at dormitoryo sa mga health worker. Gusto itong paimbestigahan sa NBI ni Commissioner Manuelito Luna ng Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission. Katwiran ni Luna, tila nakikipagkompetensya si Robredo sa gobyerno sa paghahatid ng COVID-19 relief.  Read more »

'Dami pang trabaho': Robredo shrugs off PACC commissioner's call for probe on her efforts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 05:15 PM

With a hair flip, Vice President Leni Robredo shrugged off  a government official's call to investigate her relief efforts for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Duterte warns local officials against using COVID-19 crisis for own gain

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 03:10 AM

“I will see to it even tomorrow, if I discover some embezzlements, some hoarding there, at dina-divert ‘yung pagkain sa mga tao na dapat hindi sa kanila, you better think. I am not a cruel man. Pero kung may report ang pulis, I will order your detention hanggang matapos itong COVID-19,” Duterte said in his televised address. Read more »

2 HPG members, tiklo sa pangingikil sa Agusan del Sur

Lorilly Charmane Awitan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 11 01:01 PM

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur - Arestado sa isinagawang entrapment operation ang dalawang kasapi ng Highway Patrol Group dahil sa reklamong pangingikil. Read more »

‘POGOs are clean,’ Duterte tells Filipinos

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 06:19 AM

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) are clean after a Senate investigation showed that there was an influx of dirty money into the country through the online gambling industry. Read more »

Gordon reveals P20M bribe try to exclude family in POGO money laundering probe

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 11:18 AM

MANILA - Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday said he was offered a P20-million bribe to avoid summoning to a Senate investigation the family tagged in a money laundering scheme linked to Chinese-run offshore gaming. Read more »

8 of 11 licensed POGOs refuse to pay licensing fees: BIR

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 05:58 PM

Eight of the 11 Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) who currently have permits from the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) refused to pay licensing fees, a tax official said Thursday, as a Senate panel studied if internet gambling should still be allowed in the country. Read more »

POGO workers' influx to PH 'directly' linked to rise in criminality - police

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 06:29 PM

(UPDATE) - The recent increase in kidnapping and prostitution cases in the country is "directly dependent" to the influx of Chinese workers to the Philippines, a high-ranking police official said Thursday, as a Senate panel looked into the connection between Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) and a spike in criminality in the country. Read more »

Businessmen tolerating bribery in PH should be blamed over worsening problem

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 05:11 PM

Businessmen who succumb to bribery should be blamed over the government’s difficulty to curb the illegal practice, Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Wednesday after a study showed that corruption is among the top threats to the Philippine economy. Read more »

Palace: Duterte may still sack Morente despite chance to fix BI mess

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 03:46 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte may still sack Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, Malacañang said Wednesday even after the chief executive gave the latter a chance to clean up the corruption mess in the Bureau of Immigration. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 3, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 03:40 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Senators eye measure to 'stop' POGOs amid spate of 'illicit' activities

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 03 09:35 PM

Senators on Tuesday agreed to craft a measure that would declare as "illegal" Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) after incidents of Chinese-related money laundering, corruption and prostitution were raised in the plenary. Read more »