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Groups protesting the runaway corruption said the judicial branch must also be investigated. Blame has always been placed on the executive and legislative…
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Groups protesting the runaway corruption said the judicial branch must also be investigated. Blame has always been placed on the executive and legislative…
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Anticipating the inevitable, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday expects to be back as head of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and…
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Opportunists taking advantage
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The names change — from the Fertilizer Fund Scam and the Pork Barrel scandal to the current flood control fraud — but the mechanism of greed remains the same.
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Kapatid makes a strong, valid point about Remulla sending a ‘dangerous signal’ that the wealthy and influential may buy comfort while the poor and the rest of…
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Everybody wanted to be a senator because no matter what infraction of the law you committed, you would still remain a senator.
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Showing the impatience most Filipinos are feeling over the lack of a significant breakthrough in the flood control scandal — such as the arrest of a big fish —…
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We have traded our collective delicadeza, our sense of honor and propriety, for a pack of instant noodles and a fleeting sense of obligation.
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‘If the (Morales order of Villanueva’s) dismissal was reversed in secret, that’s not a decision; it is an internal memo. And (the current Ombudsman) Remulla…
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Carpio-Morales ruled in 2016 that Villanueva and nine others were guilty of administrative offenses — grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and conduct…
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The Commission on Audit (COA) has uncovered over P309 million worth of allegedly irregular flood control projects in Bulacan that were either not built or…
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) on 24 October 2025 vowed to pursue a transparent investigation into alleged corruption in government…
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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has uncovered dozens of so-called “ghost” flood-control projects during field inspections and is offering technical…
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Malacañang expressed concern on Friday over reports that complaints against Senator Joel Villanueva related to the alleged misuse of the Priority Development…
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Bulacan 6th District Representative Salvador Pleyto has a lot of explaining to do, according to Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla, after being linked to…
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Gigi Reyes, former chief of staff of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, arrived at the Sandiganbayan on Friday, 24 October 2025, to attend the…
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To avoid political motives, politicians are out of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), Executive Director Atty. Brian Keith Hosaka said.
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