The Marcos administration’s privatization income was cut by more than half at end-September, failing to meet targets despite the ₱820 million contribution from the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). Data from the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed that revenues from the...
A successful compromise agreement—a process initiated during the previous administration—added ₱714 million to national coffers last May, coming from the current owner of a Monet painting that had been sold overseas and formed part of the ill-gotten wealth of the late strongman Ferdinand E....
A rare remittance from the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG)—reportedly proceeds from the sale of a Claude Monet painting considered as ill-gotten wealth by the family of strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr.—has helped triple the Marcos Jr. administration’s privatization revenues in...
After holding seven hearings, the House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability will introduce sweeping reforms in the use of confidential funds as it wraps up its investigation into Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged P612.5-million confidential fund misuse. The said...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability remains “hopeful” that Vice President Sara Duterte will attend the hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 20, despite an earlier statement from the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Former president Rodrigo Duterte has seemingly advised his own daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte to face House investigation on her alleged misuse of millions...
Vice President Sara Duterte receives the invite from the Good Government panel (Quad-comm media) The Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability took advantage of Vice President Sara Duterte's surprise presence as a spectator Wednesday,...
SAGIP Party-List Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta can't seem to catch a break. In a chamber where a solon's status is reflected by the number and quality of committee...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) If he would have his way, ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo said he would love to join the House of Representatives' version of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. "Gusto ko sana (What I want is hopefully), I would love...
The House Committees on Good Government and Public Accountability and on Agriculture will conduct their second joint briefing on the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons (MTs) of sugar on Monday, Aug. 22. (San Jose del Monte City lone district Rep. Florida Robes Facebook) Key individuals have...
The Commission on Audit (COA), on Wednesday, June 8, flagged the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for unreliable accounting in the agency’s “Abandoned/ Surrendered Property/Assets,” noting that it had left unreported over 100 items in its inventory which include artworks and...
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has recommended the filing of graft charges against former Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Pipol Konek Project in 2018....
