Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday, Dec. 5, claimed that the endorsement by President Duterte of any presidential candidate has no political capital anymore and is merely about the money. President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Malacañang/ Antonio Trillanes...
A ‘mega prison’ for convicted grafters in government and a six-month litigation period for corruption cases could fulfill the hope of millions of Filipinos to see an honest, efficient and trustworthy government. Sen. Manny Pacquiao Bayugan Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, PROMDI aspirant...
Some 700 local candidates in Maguindanao and North Cotabato have vowed to support presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s masterplan in fighting poverty and corruption in the country. Senator Manny Pacquiao The local leaders made the vow as they took their oath as new members of the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has launched an all-out war against corruption by forming Anti-Corruption Committees (ACCs) at the Central and Field Offices. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launches on Nov. 19, 2021, its newly created Anti-Corruption...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has vowed to continue its fight against corruption in its agencies as it officially launched on Thursday, Nov. 25, its own Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC). Department of Transportation (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The DOTr said it has partnered with the...
The Philippines has a “moderate” risk of corruption in its defense and security sectors, according to a recent assessment of a global transparency movement based in the United Kingdom. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The country was placed...
Malacañang underscored Thursday, Nov. 25 that the Philippines is of the same level as Japan and Singapore as far as the rating given to it by Transparency International's Government Defence Integrity Index is concerned. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook page)...
Should former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV win in the 2022 senatorial race, his first priorities would be to amend the controversial anti-terror bill that has become a way for key government officials to red-tag activists and critics and to start an anti-corruption body that will oversee the...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Filipinos who live and work overseas often find themselves in a great quandary whenever the subject of public governance crops up in discussions with compatriots and with nationals of different countries. In Hong Kong, a small China city with a population of less than eight...
The Legal Front Justice Art D. Brion (ret.) Part II I was elated when I saw in the news that the Department of Agriculture is undertaking fresh efforts to fight corruption. I was happier still when I noted from the growing campaign announcements that Senator Ping Lacson is taking up corruption as a...
The country’s COVID-19 response results would have been different if the Executive Department listened to the senators’ request as early as April 2020 to let embattled Health Secretary Francisco Duque III resign, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday, November 8 said. Senator Francis...
The Legal Front (Part I) Justice Arturo D. Brion Corruption is a corrosive act of malice that erodes relationships and ruptures the trust between the government and their governed. It is a catalyst as it hastens the decay of trust and, unless halted in time, spreads its malignancy in...
