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Procurement violations don't automatically lead to graft conviction, says SC

By Ian Laqui | 11 days ago

According to the court, while some procurement procedures may have been bypassed, there was no evidence of bad faith or favoritism...

Headlines

Sandiganbayan convicts Sajid Ampatuan: P393M in public funds embezzled

By Ian Laqui | October 21, 2024 - 5:02pm

The Sandiganbayan has convicted former Maguindanao Governor Sajid Ampatuan of graft and malversation of public funds.

Headlines

Alice Guo tests negative for tuberculosis — BJMP

By Ian Laqui | September 23, 2024 - 5:37pm

Earlier, Philippine National Police spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said that a possible lung infection had also been observed...

Headlines

Plunder raps urged in Pharmally scandal

By Emmanuel Tupas | September 19, 2024 - 8:51am

Former senator Richard Gordon maintained that plunder, not just anti-graft, charges be filed against individuals involved...

Headlines

Abra mayor gets 10 years for graft

By Elizabeth Marcelo | September 13, 2024 - 12:00am

A municipal mayor in Abra has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally hiring a private consultant for a government...

Nation

Guo in Philippines custody, faces laundering, trafficking raps

By Emmanuel Tupas | September 6, 2024 - 12:00am

Following her arrest in Indonesia, dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo was flown back to Manila last night.

Headlines

Ex-Zamboanga del Sur mayor acquitted of graft

By Elizabeth Marcelo | August 29, 2024 - 12:00am

The Sandiganbayan has acquitted a former municipal mayor in Zamboanga del Sur and eight other defendants of graft charges...

Nation

Fighting corruption with the new procurement law

By Joyce Ilas-Reyes | August 3, 2024 - 4:43pm

Time after time, the Philippines has been haunted by billions-worth of procurement scandals---from the botched NBN-ZTE deal...

News Commentary

2 Masbate media workers face murder raps

By Rainier Allan Ronda | August 2, 2024 - 12:00am

Two members of the Masbate Quad Media Society Inc. are facing additional murder complaints after they filed plunder and graft...

Nation

Trillanes files drug smuggling, graft charges vs Paolo Duterte, 9 others

By Ian Laqui | July 31, 2024 - 3:46pm

Former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday filed drug and graft complaints against Rep. Paolo Duterte (Davao City, 1st...

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