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...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Nov. 4 turned the tables on President Duterte saying the chief executive himself has admitted that he is corrupt. Gordon specifically cited the President’s pronouncements during a speeech last June 28, 2017 at the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association...
Elections is the season when all politicians love the poor and despise corruption but there is a way to check how genuine their claims and appeals are, Vice President and Presidential aspirant Leni Robredo said Friday, Oct. 29. Albayanons wave pink flags and ribbons in front of their houses while...
The rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi is “a government commitment,” President Duterte said on Tuesday, October 19, as he deflected the gratitude of Maranaos and lamented that “some people” still criticize the government for it. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Corruption will definitely be a big issue in the May 2022 election. The continuing Senate investigation points to some conspiracy to make big money out of the pandemic. This is not without social cost. Many Filipinos paid for it with their lives because...
SYDNEY, Australia -- The leader of Australia's most populous state resigned Friday amid a corruption investigation, leaving Sydneysiders -- deep in months of lockdown -- without a political leader. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks at a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on...
