Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Andres Bautista has been charged by the United States (US) Department of Justice (DOJ) for their role in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme to retain and obtain business related to the 2016 Philippine elections. (MB file photo) This...
Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed on Thursday, August 8 the Court of Appeals (CA) issuance of a freeze order against the properties of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy and other persons involved in the criminal cases filed against them by the government. “Deserve....
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has reiterated his belief that a highly-organized criminal syndicates--with its hands dipped in...
BACOLOD CITY – An elderly money lender was hacked to death by a farmer during a heated argument over unpaid debt in Sitio Ecogan, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, August 3. A 60-year-old money lender was hacked dead by a farmer in Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros...
"I hope he tell these accusations under oath and waive his immunity." This was Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia challenge to SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta's latest disclosure against the poll chief which involves two offshore bank accounts in the Cayman...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez here warned the people of counterfeit money following the discovery of fake P500 paper bills in a public market in this city on Saturday, July 20. Benitez posted photos of the fake paper bills on his Facebook page. A WALLET containing fake P500 currency was...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, July 12 disclosed that billions of alleged “unjustified” money went into the bank accounts of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo sometime in 2019 to 2022. Gatchalian made the revelation a day after the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada, Bamban Mayor Alice Guo (Facebook) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada wants to get to the bottom of the money-laundering claims against controversial Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. In a statement Monday, June 24,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed its second money laundering case against Silverlion Livestock Trading Corp. for its allegedly illegal solicitation of investments from the public. A joint complaint was filed last June 4 by the SEC and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)...
TACLOBAN CITY – The disbursing officer of the local government unit of Lope de Vega in Northern Samar was robbed of P1 million for the salaries of job-order employees on Wednesday afternoon, May 8, in Catarman, Northern Samar. MAP of Northern Samar with the town of Lope de Vega highlighted....
Foreign portfolio investments, often referred to as “hot money”, yielded net inflows of $377 million in the first quarter this year, a turnaround from the $328 million net outflows transacted in the same period last year, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. For March alone, the ...
photo: PNP The Philippine National Police (PNP) has turned over around P420,000 to a confidential informant whose...
