6 officials dismissed for graft
THE Office of the Ombudsman on Friday dismissed six government officials for illegally appropriating money from the multi-billion-peso Priority Development ...
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Enrile plea upheld on ‘pork’ evidence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld its decision granting the appeal of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile for production of ...
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Running scared
It’s confirmed – the yellow administration is running scared after the latest surveys showed Senator Bong Bong Marcos or BBM ...
Read moreGet Abad for pork, militant solon urges
Three years after the pork barrel scam was exposed, a militant lawmaker on Monday renewed his call for concerned agencies ...
Read moreEx-lawmaker indicted for graft, malversation
THE Office of the Ombudsman has indicted a former congressman of Eastern Samar for malversation and graft arising from his ...
Read more12 officials dismissed over misuse of ‘pork’
THE Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday dismissed 12 officials of the National Livelihood Development Corp., the Technology Resource ...
Read moreWitness counters Tuason claim
A Senate employee on Monday testified before the Sandiganbayan that she often saw Ruby Tuason at the Senate building in ...
Read moreWitnesses’ lawyer tags 14 more pork scam operators
Lawyer Levito Baligod, legal counsel for at least two state witnesses in plunder and graft charges filed against lawmakers, has ...
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