Recognizing that graft and corruption are “major obstacles” to the realization of the right of all Filipinos and children to access quality basic education, the Department of Education (DepEd) has created Anti-Corruption Committees (ACC). (Photo courtesy of DepEd) Created in the Central (CO),...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao has rejected the claim made by his rival, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., that corruption is a human condition. During his campaign in Cavite on Monday, Pacquiao said he will not agree with Marcos Jr. when he said that corruption cannot be stopped. "Ang...
Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III vouched for the incorruptibility of his May 2022 poll partner, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo "Ping" Lacson. Sotto said Lacson’s leadership style would be enough to eliminate the culture of corruption in government. In...
CEBU CITY—The former chief of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is calling on the government to regulate online cockfighting or e-sabong. Greco Belgica, who is running for Senator, said there is a need to control e-sabong to address the ill-effects it is causing on the community....
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año has rejected and denounced the call of a retired Army general for a revolutionary government. "Such remarks are reckless and careless, especially at this time when the country will soon hold elections for a new set of...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson has said nothing is impossible for a leader who knows how to practice what he preaches, especially when it comes to the application of single standard policies aimed at eradicating the ‘endemic’ culture of corruption in government....
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Wednesday stressed the need to innovate in order to address and fight corruption in government. Bautista said he is frustrated that antiquated solutions are still being implemented against corruption that is why nefarious activities in...
Malacañang on Tuesday, March 15, disregarded the call of retired general and former anti-insurgency task force spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr. for a revolutionary government. AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade in a hearing at the Senate. Senators...
A Lacson presidency will adopt drastic measures against corruption, including the tapping of undercover agents, presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, March 12 said. Senator Ping Lacson (Facebook) Lacson, chairman of.the Senate National Defense and Security Committee, said that...
Pandemic or endemic, the usual normal or the new normal, ECQ or Alert Level 1—whatever the situation is inside the country, the fight versus corruption must be relentless, unforgiving, and encompassing. Corruption, in whatever way, form, or manner, must be stopped at all costs, and government...
Senatorial candidate Herbert “Bistek” Bautista on Friday pushed for more digital transactions in government offices, saying this will help curb corruption. That is why, Bautista, said he will push for internet reforms should he win a seat in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 elections. “We...
The country may have been blessed with leaders who are intelligent and are able to draw platforms of government that are ideal for the Philippines but all failed in preventing graft and corruption from thriving in their respective administrations. Sen. MANNY PACQUIAO IN PATEROS 2 PROMDI...
