Senate subpanel report recommends filing of plunder vs Binays, 18 others
A draft report of the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee has recommended the filing of plunder charges against Vice President Jejomar Binay, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay and 18 others in...
View ArticleExpelled INC minister hires 2 lawyers for defense in libel case
Expelled Iglesia ni Cristo minister Isaias Samson has hired the services of two lawyers for his legal defense in cases filed against him by the influential sect. Samson, who use to edit the sect’s...
View ArticleMercado files plunder complaint vs Binay over BSP-Alphaland deal
Vice President Jejomar Binay is facing a fifth plunder complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman, this time over the allegedly anomalous land deal between the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)...
View ArticleDSWD seeks probe of ESA anomalies
Officials of a town in Iloilo province hit by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) face investigation for alleged irregularities in the distribution of shelter funds for Yolanda...
View ArticleTrillanes: Plunder raps vs Gordon only tip of iceberg
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s allegations of plunder against Senator Richard Gordon for pocketing Philippine Red Cross (PRC) funds was only the tip of the iceberg. The post Trillanes: Plunder raps vs...
View ArticleAndaya to Diokno: Be man enough to explain anomalies
MANILA, Philippines -- House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. on Friday urged Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno to be “man enough” to explain his alleged...
View ArticleGarin wants 2020 Philhealth funds reallocated amid corruption issues
MANILA, Philippines — Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin asked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Thursday to remove and reallocate the billions worth of budget for the Philippine Health...
View ArticleCayetano welcomes probe, denies SEA Games riddled with anomalies
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine South East Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) chair Alan Cayetano has welcomed the Ombudsman’s investigation on the hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA)...
View ArticleMorales: Errors in PhilHealth not ‘large-scale’, ‘systemic’
MANILA, Philippines — While there are indeed errors in the processing of claims in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), it does not amount to systemic or as “large-scale” fraud as alleged...
View ArticleLorenzana: For health reasons, Morales should resign from PhilHealth
Philippine Health Insurance Corp (Philhealth) president Ricardo Morales would be better off resigning to fully recover his health. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made this remark saying that it was...
View ArticleRoxas hopes to be Aquino’s paracetamol
He may well have been what the doctor has ordered for President Benigno Aquino III. “I hope to be the Tylenol, aspirin, paracetamol,” Mr. Aquino’s newest Cabinet member, Transportation and...
View ArticleBad taste for church officials to ask for gifts, says Bishop Cruz
There is nothing wrong to ask for something, but Church officials should consider “delicadeza (proper decorum or behavior),” said Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz, a known media-savvy, anti-gambling...
View ArticleFormer health chief denies OWWA fund transfer to Philhealth anomalous
Former Health Secretary Francisco Duque, facing a technical malversation charge, denied to Radyo Inquirer 990AM that the transfer of funds from the Overseas Workers' Welfare Administration to...
View ArticleBucor chief no show at inquiry on prison anomalies
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director Gaudencio Pangilinan was a no-show at the inquiry held Monday by the Department of Justice on the alleged anomalies being committed inside the national...
View ArticleCouncil told: Send report to Ombud
Nearly a year passed since a fact-finding committee released a report on their investigation of the alleged anomalous barangay projects worth P156 million that were implemented by E. M. Arante...
View ArticleAquino orders PDEA probe after sacking of deputy general
President Benigno Aquino III placed the entire Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency under investigation for alleged anomalies in connection with the recent dismissal of one of its officials, said PDEA...
View ArticlePhilippines lost P101.82B to anomalies under Arroyo–COA
The Philippines lost P101.82 billion through misuse of state funds and assets during the latter years of graft-tainted ex-president Gloria Arroyo's rule, government auditors said Saturday. The post...
View ArticleAbolition of Road Board won’t solve anomalies–solon
Abolishing the Road Board under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), a move proposed by Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, will not resolve its past alleged anomalous transactions....
View ArticlePNP to probe firearms registration anomaly
After uncovering the anomalous sale of more than P52 million worth of assault rifles to communist rebels, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is looking into yet another irregularity involving the...
View ArticleWhistle-blower on Muntinlupa road project presses on
A former official of the Muntinlupa City government, who had blown the whistle on at least seven alleged anomalies in the previous administration, is not about to give up despite a recent setback at...
View ArticleCIDG to expand probe of NIA projects
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group will be investigating other projects of the National Irrigation Administration, following the discovery of the allegedly questionable implementation of...
View ArticleBinay camp shrugs off ratings decline
Vice President Jejomar Binay is not bothered by his ratings decline in the presidential bid survey of Pulse Asia, one of his spokespersons said Wednesday. The post Binay camp shrugs off ratings decline...
View ArticleMayor Binay a no-show at fresh Senate probe on Makati ‘anomalies’
Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Jun-Jun” Binay was a no-show again at the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee hearing on Thursday in spite of the panel’s recommendation to cite him and...
View ArticleTrillanes feels vindicated as Binays face graft raps
MANILA, Philippines–The Ombudsman’s preliminary investigation of alleged anomalies in the construction of the Makati City Hall Building II shows that the issues raised against the P1.2 billion project...
View ArticleSenate resumes Binay probe amid suspension order vs Junjun
After a lull of almost one month, the Senate again resumed its investigation on Thursday on the alleged anomalies committed by past and present officials of the Makati City government. The post Senate...
View ArticleGCG chief sees privatization of PhilHealth operations as ‘option’
MANILA, Philippines — The Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) on Wednesday said privatization could be an “option” for operations of the Philippine Health...
View ArticleMore village execs in Cebu arrested for pandemic fund anomalies
CEBU CITY—Another set of village officials in Cebu province was arrested on Tuesday (Oct. 27) for alleged irregularities in the distribution of funds for the government’s Social Amelioration Program...
View ArticleOmbudsman starts fact-finding probe on DOLE’s TUPAD program in QC
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday said it has started a fact-finding investigation on alleged anomalies in the implementation of the Department of Labor and Employment’s...
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