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On DPWH contracts, and other reactions

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | October 1, 2012 - 12:00am

No less than reports from and submissions to the DPWH show that: (1) a British firm incurred cost overruns in past bridge projects, and (2) it bagged a new project under a new name.

Opinion

Losing bidder in PNP, BFP procurements airs side

September 27, 2012 - 12:00am

We write to respond to a series of articles and opinion columns spread in different broadsheets, which painted Kolonwel Trading as a sore loser in the biddings conducted by the PNP for the purchase of handguns and...

Letters to the Editor

Check the lifestyles of bridge overseers

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | September 19, 2012 - 12:00am

A scandalized neighbor has exposed one manager of the government’s bridge projects. Allegedly he owns three SUVs, has bought the lot beside his city home, and remodeled his provincial manor.

Opinion

Catholics raise concern

April 11, 2012 - 12:00am

A friend of mine recently stumbled upon an online news item from Cathnews Philippines, a Catholic online news service.

Business

Tax records ng bidding firm sinisilip na ng BIR

By Butch M. Quejada | March 3, 2012 - 12:00am

Sinimulan nang busisiin ng Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ang tax records ng isang bidding firm bunsod na rin ng kahilingan ng ilang tauhan ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) na imbestigahan...

Bansa

DILG employees seek financial probe on Kolonwel Trading

February 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Concerned employees of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have asked DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares to look into the financial...

Business

Bidding firm pinasisilip sa DILG, BIR

By Butch M. Quejada | February 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Hiniling ng Concerned Employees of the Department of Interior and Local Government kina DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo at Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares na siyasatin ang pinansiyal na kapasidad...

Bansa

Ombudsman starts probe of P243-M BFP bid mess

By Michael Punongbayan | February 5, 2012 - 12:00am

The Office of the Ombudsman has begun its investigation of the alleged anomalies in the bidding for P243 million worth of firefighting equipment at the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), insiders said Friday.

Metro

Suspend fire chief, Ombudsman asked

By Michael Punongbayan | February 2, 2012 - 12:00am

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales was asked yesterday to suspend acting Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) chief Superintendent Samuel Perez, who has been charged with graft for refusing to award a government...

Metro

BFP official nasa 'hot water'

By Ricky ­Tulipat | January 26, 2012 - 12:00am

Nasa balag ng alanganin ang isang mataas na opisyal ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) matapos na sampahan ng patong-patong na kaso ng isang negosyante sa tanggapan ng Ombudsman, kahapon.

Bansa