Balutan hints he quit over ‘something I can’t stomach’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:20:58 +0000

Balutan hints he quit over ‘something I can’t stomach’

Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Alexander Balutan on Saturday said he had resigned and hinted at pressure to do so, disputing a Malacañang statement that he was fired due to corruption allegations.

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Gatchalian wants a case filed vs sacked PCSO chief

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 09:58:48 +0000

Gatchalian wants a case filed vs sacked PCSO chief

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday said a case should be filed against Alexander Balutan, who was sacked as the general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). “Ang kasunod niyan ay kaso. Dapat i-file sa Ombudsman at i-file sa korte natin,” Gatchalian said over AM radio station DWIZ. [That should be […]

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PCSO chief fired for ‘corruption’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:17:48 +0000

PCSO chief fired for ‘corruption’

President Duterte has sacked Alexander Balutan as the general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for alleged corruption amid a congressional probe of anomalies in the state-run charity.

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Palace: Duterte sacked PCSO’s Balutan over alleged ‘serious corruption’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:42:40 +0000

Palace: Duterte sacked PCSO’s Balutan over alleged 'serious corruption'

Malacañang has confirmed that President Rodrigo Duterte fired PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan and said it was “due to serious allegations of corruption.”

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Duterte OK with PCOO’s press freedom caravan in Europe

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:51:49 +0000

Duterte OK with PCOO's press freedom caravan in Europe

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said there’s nothing wrong with the Presidential Communications Operations Office’s (PCOO) press freedom caravan in Europe as long as the government funds are properly accounted for.

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Former top Chinese general sentenced to life for corruption

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:48:44 +0000

BEIJING — A former top Chinese general has been given a life sentence for taking and distributing bribes and possessing a large amount of property whose origins he could not account for.

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Palace says P10-B Rice Fund won’t be corrupted

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:52:26 +0000

Palace says P10-B Rice Fund won't be corrupted

Malacañang assured the public that the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or Rice Fund would not fall into corrupt hands.

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