Hand-washing ceremony
When the theft is this bold and the suffering is this real, silence isn’t neutrality. It’s siding with the thief because speaking up is messy and inconvenient.
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When the theft is this bold and the suffering is this real, silence isn’t neutrality. It’s siding with the thief because speaking up is messy and inconvenient.
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Despite resignations, investigations, and nationwide protests, corruption remains a pervasive concern for Filipinos, with nearly all adults saying it is…
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Officials from the DPWH MIMAROPA region allegedly involved in flood control irregularities in Oriental Mindoro faced the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division on…
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Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) Intelligence Officer III Paul Oliver Pacunayen, chief of the CIIS Field Station at the Port of Manila was…
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Mendoza said ghost projects were a natural starting point for investigation since liability was easier to establish — tax returns declaring project costs could…
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A well-known contractor behind several major infrastructure projects has much to be proud of. Its reputation remains untainted, having chosen the national…
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If there is something a good number of Filipinos wish for our country this year, it is most probably reform, change in what sadly seems to be the new norm.
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Under Article VI, Section 27 of the Constitution, the President’s item veto of appropriations permanently deletes the vetoed items from the budget law.
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Governance issues create drag, making it harder for the Philippines to hit high growth, attract investments and achieve its broader economic goals, despite its…
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Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen called for broad institutional reforms and bold public engagement to dismantle systemic…
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A group of concerned Bureau of Customs (BoC) officials, employees, and stakeholders — including importers, exporters, brokers, and other citizens — has…
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The Philippines has officially missed its annual growth target of 5.5 to 6.5 percent — which had already been revised downward midway through the year — by a…
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The common narrative of those caught in the web of scandal has been that the allegations are baseless, with no sufficient evidence to back them other than…
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So when the President says he vetoed a few billion from the trillions in the latest proposed national budget, it is hard to feel comforted or assured.
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Besieged by public complaints over its failure to go after the big fish in the flood control projects scandal, the Marcos administration announced yesterday…
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In an increasingly competitive region, the Philippines cannot afford to let unresolved scandals define its investment narrative.
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What people are still waiting for are the big fish. The elected officials. The senators and congressmen whose names have come up repeatedly in testimony, leaks…
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What drives senators and congressmen to steal amounts one cannot spend in a lifetime?
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