Boying pushes preventive anti-corruption interventions
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla urges justice and law enforcement agencies to address systemic weaknesses that enable corruption, strengthen…
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graft
Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on graft.
DPWH relieves 4 more officials over alleged Davao City ‘floodgate’
DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon relieves four more officials and reassigns two engineers amid an NBI investigation into alleged irregularities in Davao City flood…
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Fast is not the same as fair
A senator allied with the Vice President faces a fast-tracked graft case, raising concerns over judicial independence, due process and whether justice is being…
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Ombudsman’s receipts
The warning against paid comments and fake accounts is right, and it binds the Office to stay well clear of such tactics itself.
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Grease is the word
The grease has apparently trickled down from the warden to select jail guards, to include the delicious food the big guy desires.
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NBI files raps vs. Palpal-lotoc, 3 CHR officials
The NBI has filed graft charges against CHR Chairman Richard Palpal-lotoc and three officials over alleged misuse of funds during a donor-funded trip to France…
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Noel Rivera suspended 90-days for graft
Tarlac 3rd District Rep. Noel Rivera has been placed under a 90-day preventive suspension by the Sandiganbayan Sixth Division over alleged graft involving…
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Laguna governor dismisses graft complaint as ‘political maneuvering’
Laguna Gov. Sol Aragones dismissed as “politicking” a graft complaint filed against her and several provincial officials, while saying her legal team is…
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Comelec: Marcoleta tagged P75M as personal
Comelec records show Senator Rodante Marcoleta classified a P75-million donation as personal funds, contradicting his earlier claim of treating it as a…
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Laguna governor faces graft complaint
Laguna Gov. Sol Aragones and several provincial officials face an anti-graft complaint over alleged financial irregularities involving the province’s Civil…
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Dizon testifies in graft trial over P289.5-M Mindoro dike project
DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon testifies in a graft case involving Zaldy Co over an allegedly substandard P289.5-million road dike project in Oriental Mindoro.
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Acquitted, not Exonerated
WHETHER BY DESIGN OR ACCIDENT, THE OPTICS HAVE DAMAGED A SUPPOSEDLY INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION THAT THRIVES ON PUBLIC TRUST
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Senate minority blitz turned up
A graft case under Republic Act 3019 must begin with an unlawful act committed by a public officer — not simply with the owners of a private company.
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Ombudsman targets a lawyer-hiring spree
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla plans to hire up to 261 lawyers and establish an investment ombudsman to address bureaucratic hurdles facing businesses.
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Imelda acquittal assailed as a ‘gift’ for past ‘dictatorship’
ATOM condemns the Supreme Court’s reversal of Imelda Marcos’ graft conviction, saying the ruling deepens concerns over accountability and the Marcos family’s…
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SC reverses Imelda Marcos’ graft conviction
Senate Bill 2387, which extends the term of Barangay and SK officials to five years and effectively postpones the November elections, has passed its second…
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Ex-BFP chief slapped graft, bribery raps
Former BFP chief Jesus Fernandez faces graft and bribery charges over the alleged anomalous P485-million procurement of 132 ambulances, with investigators…
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