3Ds: Deals, denials, doublespeak
When loans get suspended over corruption fears, and officials respond with deflections, it’s the poor who pay the price.
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When loans get suspended over corruption fears, and officials respond with deflections, it’s the poor who pay the price.
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The ODA is a highly concessional loan, which is practically a donation to the country for its development goals. However, the government needs to raise…
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The deliberation on the 2026 proposed budget of Vice President Sara Duterte’s office has been moved to Tuesday after the House committee on appropriations…
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NEW YORK (AFP) — National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver said there will be no rush to judgment by the league on allegations that the…
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said he did not receive any donations from public works contractors during his election campaign for the May 2025…
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The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has proposed a P20-million budget for Vice President Sara Duterte’s travel expenses for the 2026 fiscal year, a…
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The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has set aside around P20 million for Vice President Sara Duterte’s travel expenses for fiscal year 2026.
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NABUNTURAN, Davao de Oro — A P57.2-million flood control project in Barangay Bukal here has partially collapsed less than two years after its completion,…
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The Discaya couple, Curlee and Sara, will have their day in court — at least that’s how their family lawyer and spokesperson, Cornelio Samaniego III, sees it.
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Corruption is not without a price. Each day that we fail to act on it, we are paying a social and economic cost, to this country’s future and the next…
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Pinoy showbiz is now starkly entangled with the alleged politics of corruption with the billions of funds intended for flood control in the country.
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Whoever spills all the beans and has the juiciest details with corroborating resibo will probably get the best deal.
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For citizens who pay their taxes and countries that extend funding support to our nation, these revelations are rage-inducing, yes, but more than anything,…
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The campaign donation to Escudero was exacerbated by Lubiano’s having two brothers in public office in Sorsogon, where most of Centerways’ flood control…
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Escudero’s credibility on the issue has been questioned following his admission that he received P30 million in campaign funds during the 2022 elections from…
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Escudero’s fall from the Senate presidency on Monday, replaced by Tito Sotto, should underscore the depth of the scandal that cost him his post.
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Centerways secured P5.16 billion in flood control contracts from 2021 to 2024, with many projects concentrated in Sorsogon, Escudero’s home province.
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