A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped for a top leadership post was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping anti-corruption…
Mabolo police arrested a former cop for bribery for allegedly offering them P50,000 in exchange for the release of an arrested drug suspect. Chief Insp. Clark Ariola, commander of the Mabolo Police Precinct, said he got a…
DIRECTOR Ahmed Cuizon of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) is letting his achievements speak for himself as he denied allegations of corruption from Senator Antonio Trillanes during last Thursday’s Senate Blue…
A SUSPECTED drug pusher was caught offering P20,000 to police officers in an entrapment operation in Danao City, northern Cebu at past 4 pm Sunday. Chief Insp. Gerard Pelare said Leonides Lato Cal, Jr. tried to bribe…
THE Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Office yesterday filed “corruption” charges against a market collector who allegedly tried to buy off policemen in Consolacion town after the arrest of his nephew in an anti-drug operation. Giovanni Pepito, 45, was…
A market collector ended up in jail for trying to buy off police officers in Consolacion town who arrested his nephew in an anti-drug operation. Giovanni Pepito, 45, and a resident of Barangay Cansaga of the same…
A former soldier turned lawmaker on Thursday filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, the first move to oust the Chief Executive just a few months after his election into office. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed…
“Isang malaking palaisipan” (great puzzle) was how one netizen described reports that Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Executive Director Francisco Villa Jr. took his own life owing to pressure in the approval of agency procurement contracts minus proper…
Aside from scoring a major court victory against the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at the Supreme Court, Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) chairman and senatorial candidate Richard Gordon also scored some political brownie points when he dropped…
MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Antonio L. Tiu scored the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Sunday, for including in its freeze order request his companies’ bank accounts, saying these were all used in legitimate transactions. “The AMLC lied to…
