Despite ongoing corruption scandals, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) expressed continued confidence in the Philippines and reaffirmed its commitment to actively assist the government in resolving issues. Speaking on the sidelines of the Arangkada Philippines investment forum on Thursday, Sept. 25,...
The Philippine business community is in synch with other sectors of Filipino society in condemning those responsible for the trillion-peso flood control projects scandal. Many industry groups, including the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, have expressed their outrage and disgust...
Despite what many described as the biggest corruption scandal in the Philippines, the multi-billion peso flood control issue currently being investigated in the Senate has not changed the minds of Italian investors over their interests in bringing business to the country. Italian Ambassador to the...
Although former president Rodrigo Duterte is detained in The Hague, Netherlands, Vice President Sara Duterte said he keeps the Philippines in mind, worried about the current corruption issues plaguing the country. The official was able to talk to her father on Friday, Sept. 19, via a phone call...
Administrators, academics, and students from major universities along Taft Avenue have joined forces under the One Taft alliance to condemn corruption in flood-control projects and pledge participation in nationwide protests on September 21, coinciding with the anniversary of Martial Law. In a...
The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has taken another step in its fight against corruption, securing a fresh freeze order to seize assets connected to the government’s flood control scandal. In a statement, AMLC Executive Director Matthew M. David said that the order, issued Friday, Sept....
Filipinos must revolt not just against systemic corruption but also against the moral decay that enables it, Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas said. “Kulang pa ang ‘Tama na!’ (Enough is not enough),” Villegas wrote in his pastoral letter, to be read in all Masses this Sunday,...
Amid ongoing efforts to digitalize education and the investigation into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) controversial laptop procurement deal, a teachers’ group has renewed its call for the government to provide all public school teachers with free, high-quality laptops—emphasizing that...
Michael Yang, former president Rodrigo Duterte’s former economic adviser, is clearly a central figure in Chinese intelligence operations in the Philippines, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, November 26. Hontiveros made the remark during the Senate Committee on Women, Children,...
Former Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, September 1 hailed the Office of the Ombudsman’s filing of graft charges against former health secretary Francisco Duque III, former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) undersecretary Christopher Lao and other government officials involved in the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros floated on Wednesday, July 10, the alleged connection of Michael Yang, former presidential adviser to former president Rodrigo Duterte, and the Pharmally group's alleged ties to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Bamban, Tarlac. Sen. Risa Hontiveros during...
Criminal charges are set to be filed in court against former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, Overall Deputy Ombudsman Warren Rex H. Liong, Procurement Management Officer Paul Jasper V. De Guzman, and six other persons for their...
