
Defensor denies usurpation claim
Former Quezon City Representative Mike Defensor on Tuesday defended his role in a controversial public hearing featuring alleged former aides of ex-Ako Bicol…
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Former Quezon City Representative Mike Defensor on Tuesday defended his role in a controversial public hearing featuring alleged former aides of ex-Ako Bicol…
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One witness said he was part of a convoy that transported four suitcases to a residence in New Manila identified as Escudero’s.
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I imagined what a homeless man must go through, trying to find a corner to rest.
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The Office of the Ombudsman is looking to learn investigative best practices from its Southeast Asian counterparts as it continues pursuing cases linked to the…
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Every time a corruption scandal breaks, Filipinos hear the same numbers thrown around—millions here, billions there. The figures are often so large that they…
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Dionisio believes each issue is both a governance failure to diagnose and a teaching moment the public cannot afford to ignore.
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Roads and bridges built with public funds crumbled; the earthquake exposed many as having been constructed without steel reinforcement.
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A press release from Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson arrived Saturday on news desks talking of defective and ghost flood control projects that — outside of the…
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The common thread linking the drowned athletes, the displaced families in GenSan, the sweltering households, and the victims of manmade floods is a deep,…
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Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday cast corruption as a modern-day threat to Philippine sovereignty, warning that officials who loot public funds undermine…
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Administration after administration promised reform. Some delivered progress. Many fell short. Corruption survived.
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Marcos had pledged that 37 lawmakers, government officials and contractors would be in jail by Christmas 2025. Christmas came and went, but the scandal did not.
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Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on Wednesday warned police applicants against trying to buy their way into the…
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Former lawmaker Mike Defensor failed to appear before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday despite a subpoena requiring him to attend an…
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Individuals must understand how corruption, negligence, incompetence, and inefficiency cause them personal misery and hardship.
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The evil of corruption persists because when the moral majority stay silent, their inaction becomes a structural enabler for this evil to thrive.
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If public trust in the Senate collapses entirely, the damage may be irreversible.
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Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has formally applied for a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump, according to records from the US Justice…
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