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Lawyer Nicasio Conti, commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC), was appointed by Mrs. Arroyo to the PCGG last July 20.


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                    [Title] => Dagdag pondo sa Ombudsman
                    [Summary] => MALIMIT makumpara: Nu’ng dekada ’70 tinuring ang Hong Kong na isa sa pinaka-corrupt sa Asya. Ngayon, anang Transparency International, ikalawang pinaka-malinis ang HK. Ang Pilipinas, halos isang dosena nang batas laban sa katiwalian ang ipinasa nu’n pang 1955. Bawat Presidente ay nangakong lilinisin ang burokrasya. Ayon sa TI, ikaapat na pinaka-corrupt ang RP sa Asya.


Simple ang paliwanag ng World Bank: Mas malaki ang budget ng HK kontra sa graft. Sa RP, walang pondo ang corruption watchdog.


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                    [Title] => When graft watchdogs are starved, toothless
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                    [Title] => Customs employees allegedly pocketing manager’s checks
                    [Summary] => The Transparency Group (TG) of the Office of the President has uncovered an elaborate scheme involving several officials and employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) encashing for their own benefit millions worth of manager’s checks as payment for assessed duties of importers.


The scheme was uncovered after two of three people who have been arrested volunteered to turn state witness and identify the Customs officials and personnel involved in the scam.


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                    [Title] => DPWH official fails lifestyle check, suspended for 6 months
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Department of Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto was identified as the second DPWH official to fail the government’s lifestyle check, the Office of the Ombudsman said in a statement yesterday.


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Tiglao said Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho had recommended to President Arroyo the establishment of this unit, which unit would undertake anti-graft projects and conduct investigations for unexplained wealth of certain officials and employees working in agencies under the DOF, including the BIR and BOC.


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                    [Title] => Palace: It’s not a sin to be rich
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Failure to present persuasive documentation and explanation that his wealth was not ill-gotten may result in a public employee being subjected to a lifestyle check.
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                    [Title] => Crisis at Customs not over, says Oreta
                    [Summary] => Opposition Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta claimed yesterday Malacañang has not really averted the crisis surrounding the resignations of five ranking Customs officials, including its chief Antonio Bernardo.


Oreta claimed the resignation of the Customs officials last Friday may indicate escalating restlessness among government officials and employees over President Arroyo’s drive to present reforms in the bureaucracy in the remaining 10 months of her administration.


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                    [Title] => GMA rejects Customs officials’ quit bid
                    [Summary] => Lifestyle checks prompted top Customs officials to resign yesterday, but President Arroyo rejected the quit offers.


Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo and four of his deputies tendered courtesy resignations but these were rejected by Mrs. Arroyo, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said.


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PAGC lawyer named PCGG commissioner

By Sandy Araneta | July 30, 2005 - 12:00am

President Arroyo has appointed a new commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government while Commissioner Camilo Sabio was promoted as chairman, taking the post vacated by former PCGG chairman Haydee...

Headlines

Dagdag pondo sa Ombudsman

By Jarius Bondoc | August 17, 2004 - 12:00am

MALIMIT makumpara: Nu’ng dekada ’70 tinuring ang Hong Kong na isa sa pinaka-corrupt sa Asya. Ngayon, anang Transparency International, ikalawang pinaka-malinis ang HK. Ang Pilipinas, halos isang dosena...

PSN Opinyon

When graft watchdogs are starved, toothless

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | August 11, 2004 - 12:00am

Since 1955 the Philippines has passed close to a dozen laws against corruption. Administrations put up as many antigraft agencies, and all Presidents vowed to clean the bureaucracy. Yet RP today ranks fourth in Transparency...

Opinion

EDITORIAL - Hikayatin pa ang mga 'whistle blowers'

June 25, 2004 - 12:00am

NGAYONG naiproklama na si President Arroyo, hindi lamang ang pangakong pagpapabuti sa kalagayan ng mahihirap ang dapat niyang tuparin kundi pati na rin ang pagdurog sa mga corrupt sa pamahalaan. Hindi ba’t...

PSN Opinyon

Customs employees allegedly pocketing manager’s checks

By Jose Aravilla | March 12, 2004 - 12:00am

The Transparency Group (TG) of the Office of the President has uncovered an elaborate scheme involving several officials and employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) encashing for their own benefit millions worth...

Headlines

DPWH official fails lifestyle check, suspended for 6 months

By Delon Porcalla | September 26, 2003 - 12:00am

He has been suspended and he is crying foul. Department of Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Salvador Pleyto was identified as the second DPWH official to fail the government’s lifestyle check, the Office...

Headlines

Permanent anti-graft unit at DOF eyed

By Marichu A. Villanueva | August 26, 2003 - 12:00am

A permanent unit may be set up in the Department of Finance (DOF) to check graft in the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC), presidential chief of staff Rigoberto Tiglao said yesterday. Tiglao...

Headlines

Palace: It’s not a sin to be rich

By Marichu A. Villanueva | August 24, 2003 - 12:00am

It’s not a sin for a public employee to be rich or to get rich. But, he must be able to explain beyond reproach how he acquired his wealth, such as through legitimate business transactions or inheritance. Failure...

News Commentary

Crisis at Customs not over, says Oreta

August 24, 2003 - 12:00am

Opposition Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta claimed yesterday Malacañang has not really averted the crisis surrounding the resignations of five ranking Customs officials, including its chief Antonio Bernardo. Oreta...

Headlines

GMA rejects Customs officials’ quit bid

August 23, 2003 - 12:00am

Lifestyle checks prompted top Customs officials to resign yesterday, but President Arroyo rejected the quit offers. Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo and four of his deputies tendered courtesy resignations but...

Headlines