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LOOK: Duterte registers for national ID

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 11:07 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte has registered to the national ID system, photos from Malacañang showed, even as some officials face a graft complaint for the project. Read more »

Palace stands by BSP's Diokno over graft raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 04:30 PM

Malacañang said on Thursday it stands by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno as he and other officials faced a graft complaint over the P1.75 billion contract for the rollout of the national ID system.    Read more »

BSP's Diokno, other officials face graft complaint over P1.75-B national ID system project

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 03:32 PM

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno is facing a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman over the P1.75 billion contract for the roll-out of the national ID system. Read more »

Honasan cleared in 2 graft cases over pork barrel scam

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 10:54 AM

The Sandiganbayan 2nd Division has cleared former senator and now Department of Information and Communication Technology Sec. Gregorio Honasan in two graft cases stemming from the alleged misuse of Priority Development Assistance Funds in 2012. Read more »

'Kickvacc'? Pangilinan says officials behind botched Pfizer vaccine deal may face graft cases

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 02:26 PM

Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Thursday said Cabinet secretaries and government officials who may have been involved in the delayed procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer may face graft charges. Read more »

Cauayan, Isabela mayor handang sagutin ang kaso kaugnay ng illegal raid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:35 PM

Handa umano ang alkalde ng Cauayan City, Isabela na sagutin ang patong-patong na reklamong isinampa sa kaniya kaugnay ng umano'y illegal raid sa isang small-town lottery facility sa lungsod. Read more »

Quezon solon faces raps over P56-M in 'unliquidated funds' during gubernatorial tenure

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 09:25 PM

(UPDATE) — Quezon Rep. David Suarez was charged with a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged unliquidated cash advances totaling P56.143 million from 2013 to 2018 during his tenure at the provincial capitol. Read more »

Scale of corruption has become ‘pandemic-like’ during COVID-19 crisis, say experts

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 05:45 AM

The COVID-19 pandemic should not be reason for the public to forget to demand public transparency and government accountability, experts said Wednesday.  Read more »

'Walang imbento': Duterte says he will resign if accused of corruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 11:45 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he will resign if someone will formally accuse him of accepting bribes -- and if the allegation is true. Read more »

Sandiganbayan dismisses graft, malversation raps vs Cebu gov Gwendolyn Garcia

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 05:43 PM

The Sandiganbayan Special 2nd Division has dismissed graft and technical malversation cases of Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia over an irregular purchase of land submerged in seawater in 2008. Read more »

Ombudsman open to reviving resident ombudsman post in gov’t offices

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 07:50 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Tuesday said he is open to the proposal of reviving the assignment of a resident ombudsman in government offices as a form of another anti-corruption measure in the government. Read more »

Sandiganbayan clears ex-PRC chair accused of graft over lease deal

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 04:40 PM

The case stemmed from the information filed by the Ombudsman, where it accused PRC officials of conspiring to give undue advantage to the owner of CTLL Building in Baguio City for the alleged irregular lease of office space amounting to P6.696 million, without competitive public bidding. Read more »

Duterte: 800 government officials, employees fired for graft, other offenses

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 04:39 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night said he will continue to "go after government officials and workers who are into graft and corruption," saying around 800 officials and workers have been dismissed from the service due to illegal activities. Read more »

Cusi dethrones Villar as richest Cabinet member; restrictions to full SALN disclosure formalized in nearly all branches

Bethina Farin, Dave Abuel, and Che de los Reyes, ABS-CBN Investigative & Research Group
Updated as of Nov 06 11:03 PM

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has dethroned Public Works Secretary Mark Villar as the richest member of the Duterte cabinet in 2019.  Read more »

86 Immigration personnel kinasuhan ng NBI kaugnay ng 'pastillas' scam

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 07:05 AM

Kinasuhan ng National Bureau of Investigation ang mga tauhan ng Bureau of Immigration na dawit sa pastillas scam. Read more »

Ex-Leyte mayor gets 6-8 years in prison for renting space in brother’s hotel

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 05 11:13 PM

Former Sta. Fe, Leyte mayor Melchor Quemado, Sr. was sentenced by the Sandiganbayan to imprisonment of 6 to 8 years for renting office space in a hotel in Tacloban City owned by his brother.    Read more »

Bolsonaro's eldest son, a senator, faces graft, money laundering charges

Ernesto Londoño, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 05 07:07 AM

Investigators say that the president’s son ran a scheme known as rachadinha, in which elected officials pocket part of the salary of legislative aides who accept employment on the condition of kicking back part of their pay. The tactic is common in the lower rungs of politics in Brazil. Read more »

'Trabaho mo maganda': Duterte says can't find basis for Duque's suspension

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 09:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he could not find "any plausible or even a meager argument" to suspend Health Secretary Francisco Duque, after more lawmakers sought to hold the latter accountable for alleged corruption and his failure to properly manage the coronavirus pandemic at its onset. Read more »

Palace denies 'exceptions' in state-wide corruption probe

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 02:34 PM

Malacañang denied Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte made had exempted 2 officials from the government-wide corruption investigation that he ordered, contrary to criticism from a senator.  Read more »

Palace: 'Mega' corruption task force to probe lawmakers, too

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 11:20 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's order for the justice department to investigate the entire government for corruption covers lawmakers, his spokesman said Tuesday.  Read more »