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Reforms in public procurement, infrastructure oversight, and accountability must be fully carried out to ensure that the billion-peso flood-control corruption scandal does not happen again and those responsible are made to answer, according to four governance and business groups. In a joint...

The Justice Reform Initiative (JRI) joined the growing opposition from the private sector against the recent attempt by the Senate majority bloc to allow lawmakers to vote remotely, which the group warned could have serious consequences for the upcoming impeachment trial. JRI, an umbrella group of...

Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has called on lawmakers to expedite the passage of Senate Bill No. 1547 or the bill seeking the establishment of the Justice Reform Commission. Pangilinan said passage of the measure into law would help ease the public’s mounting anger over the multi-billion...

The University of the Philippines (UP) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing reforms in the Philippine justice system with the launch of the National Forensics Institute (NFI). During the launch on June 18 at UP Manila, UP President Angelo Jimenez described the initiative as a “national...

Aspiring president Senator Manny Pacquiao believes that justice reform is needed to address the slow justice system in the country. During the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) election forum on Friday, March 25, Pacquiao said that proper reform be done by increasing the budget...