Senators turned their ire on the National Food Authority (NFA) after the rice shortage in Zamboanga City forced the local government to declare a state of calamity.
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The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has reshuffled its roster of regional and provincial directors in the wake of a Commission on Audit (COA) report that it had spent millions on fictitious training and scholars.
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Read moreAN automated health screening system for applicants of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was launched on Tuesday at Camp Bagong Diwa as a way to eliminate corruption in the recruitment process. The Ronmedds (Robust, Neuro-Psychiatric, Medical and Dental Screening for Police Applicants) stores medical records of applicants in a data storage system and that the only access […]
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Read morePRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review the “grossly disadvantageous” Nayong Pilipino lease contract, Malacanang said on Wednesday. “The President told me that he is calling for DOJ secretary Menardo Guevarra to review the contract. The President called the contract flawed,” Spokesman Harry Roque Jr.said in a radio interview on Wednesday […]
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Read moreA MEMBER of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) Board of Trustees lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to sack all members of the organization after greenlighting a Hong Kong firm’s plan to put up an integrated resort development. “Nagpapasalamat po ako sa ginawa ng ating pangulo na desisyon it’s because po nya yung against corruption,” Fema […]
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Read moreEMBATTLED Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd has found allies in 110 licensed land-based recruitment and manpower agencies as he faces administrative charges before the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) for alleged graft. The various recuritment and manpower agencies and recruitment industry associations on Monday signed a manifesto of support amid calls for Bello’s ouster and reports that a […]
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Read moreINCOMING Ombudsman Samuel Martires vows to speed up the disposition of about 9,000 pending cases before his new office and to weed out corruption in government when he takes over from Conchita Carpio Morales, who will retire this week. In his final flag raising ceremony as associate justice of the Supreme Court on Monday, Martires […]
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Facing criticisms for his bold policies and unconventional rule, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday remained unfazed and vowed that his commitment to fight illegal drugs, corruption, and criminality has “even gotten stronger.”
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Read moreTHE Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission will investigate Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd amid allegations of corruption by a so-called movement for change, an official told The Manila Times on Wednesday. Commissioner Manuelito Luna, in a text message, said the commission took cognizance of the “seriousness of the allegations made against Bello” as contained in a complaint […]
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Read moreTHE Sandiganbayan has denied a motion by actor-turned-Quezon City councilor Roderick Paulate to dismiss graft and falsification charges against him and his liaison over the hiring of 30 alleged ghost employees eight years ago. In their motion, Paulate and Vicente Bajamunde argued that the charges lacked merit because of the time it took government prosecutors […]
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