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Tulfo wants closer scrutiny of DPWH projects

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 04:20 PM

A senator on Monday called for closer scrutiny into the projects of the DPWH amid continuing allegations of corruption. Read more »

12 congressmen implicated in DPWH corruption, says anticorruption body

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 10:16 PM

15 PERCENT OF INFRA BUDGET POCKETED: Twelve incumbent congressmen allegedly received kickbacks from the government’s public works projects, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission bared Wednesday. Read more »

Peru's Congress votes to impeach president: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 09:14 AM

Peru's Congress voted Monday to impeach President Martin Vizcarra over allegations he took kickbacks from developers while a regional governor. Read more »

Task force binuo para tumutok sa umano'y katiwalian sa DPWH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 08:12 PM

Bumuo ng task force ang Department of Public Works and Highways para tutukan ang mga paratang ng korapsyon sa kanilang ahensiya.   Read more »

Palace to public: Give DPWH chance to curb corruption

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 02:03 PM

MANILA— The public should give a chance to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to curb alleged corruption in the agency that President Rodrigo Duterte recently flagged, his spokesman said Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte blasts DPWH anomalies, but clears Villar

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 11:03 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday criticized alleged anomalies in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) but cleared its chief, Secretary Mark Villar, of any involvement in illegal activities. Read more »

Lawmakers asking for 'kickbacks' from DPWH contractors an 'open secret': Lacson

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 03:29 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said lawmakers and officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) asking for "kickbacks" from contractors that won projects from the agency have become an "open secret." Read more »

How a massive bomb came together in Beirut’s port

Ben Hubbard, Maria Abi-Habib, Mona El-Naggar, Allison McCann, James Glanz, Anjali Singhvi and Jeremy White, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 10 08:55 AM

Thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, a compound used in explosives, was spilling from torn bags. In the same hangar were jugs of oil, kerosene and hydrochloric acid; 5 miles of fuse on wooden spools; and 15 tons of fireworks — in short, every ingredient needed to construct a bomb that could devastate a city.   Read more »

Robredo seeks action on alleged bribery scheme for entry of Chinese POGO workers

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 08:40 PM

The immigration bureau has relieved five of its officials in connection with the controversy. Read more »

Philippine senator bares alleged bribery scheme for entry of Chinese workers in POGOs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 02:35 PM

Philippine immigration personnel and relevant local handlers, including members of alleged syndicates, are receiving "service fees" from Chinese nationals who enter the country as tourists but work in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) industry, a senator said Monday. Read more »