Malacañang has appealed to the people to calm down amid growing public demand for accountability over issues of graft and corruption. "Kalma lang (Calm down)," Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Tuesday, Oct. 14, assuring the public that investigations on...
Following the discovery of billions of pesos in ghost flood control projects and the implication of many members of Congress and the Senate, I started thinking about how that money could have been put to better use, especially in improving the health of Filipinos. This seems to be only the tip of...
President Marcos remains open to all "good suggestions" that aim to recover the stolen public funds from the failed and non-existent flood control projects, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this when asked whether or not Marcos would favor...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to prioritize the completion of unfinished projects under the Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) program which are critical to ensure the welfare and operational...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has been placed on alert ahead of the planned series of anti-corruption protests set to take place every Friday, Acting PNP Chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. announced. The move came after the Trillion-Peso March movement, the organizer of a...
The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) has urged the Senate to continue its investigation into alleged anomalies in thousands of flood control projects and called on the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to make its hearings public to ensure transparency and accountability. INC Executive...
President Marcos has urged local chief executives to speak up and help in the fight against corruption, which has "poisoned public trust." "We must take responsibility to eradicate this abhorrent culture of corruption that has poisoned the public trust and has robbed us of a better future," Marcos...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed Tuesday, Oct. 7, that Colonel Raymund Dante P. Lachica was removed from his post as commander of the AFP Security and Protection Group (ASPG) amid his reported link to the ongoing Office of the Vice President (OVP) confidential fund controversy....
President Marcos only learned about the removal of the acceptance rule for infrastructure projects three years into his presidency, Malacañang said. It was the reason why he was only able to bring it up now, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said. When asked...
"You cannot paint everyone in government with the same brush as all of these corrupt operators that you see in government." This was what President Marcos said in an interview with The Manila Bulletin’s “The Sit Down" as he pointed out that corrupt officials are not the face of the government....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) urged all soldiers and civilian human resources to remain faithful to their constitutional mandate to protect the people and secure the state amid persistent corruption issues confronting various sectors of government, as it marked the 35th anniversary of...
President Marcos has agreed that blockchain technology could help prevent corruption in the use of public funds, but acknowledged that even rule-bound systems have been undermined by officials in the past. In an interview with Manila Bulletin’s “The Sit Down,” Marcos said while blockchain "is...
