MANILA, Philippines - The jail term for violation of the Ant-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act needs to be increased from six years to 12 years while the right of government to recover unlawfully acquired properties should not be barred by the passage of time. Delivering goods or services ...
Jiang said the recent signing of theMemorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the National Supervision Commission of China and the Philippine Presidential Anti-Corruption Commissionmarks a new milestone in the anti-graft cooperation between China and thePhilippines. We will act in accordance with...
Along with Setya, the powerful government-sanctioned anti-graft agency has also arrested dozens of parliament members on suspicion of their involvement in multiple corruption cases. At least 12 governors, 64 regents and majors have already been arrested by the KPK for their involvement in corruption...
politics over the past few years, this probably sounds disturbingly familiar—and indeed seems to fit into a now-recognizable pattern, also manifested in the Philippines’ 2016 election of populist, zero-tolerance Duterte. It’s precisely that similarity that should, and I hope will, give these ...
their broader interests are left out of the government’s decision-making process, as the incentive to provide public goods to that group disappears.A study in the Philippines, for example, found that vote buying correlates with lower public investments in health and higher rates of malnourishment...
MANILA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines will further anti-corruption cooperation with China after a collaboration between the two sides resulted in the capturing of a wanted Chinese duty-crime fugitive, a high-level Philippine anti-corruption official said on Thursday. ...
create or spread “fake news” with jail terms of up to six years and fines up to about $123,000, seems to be giving the government more authority and discretion to stamp out unflattering news. Other Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and the Philippines are considering similar ...
Senator Guingona Seeks Key Changes to Beef Up Anti-Graft Law MANILA, Philippines - The jail term for violation of the Ant-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act needs to be increased from six years to 12 years while the rig... M Bulletin 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Glycerol group-containing organopolysi...
Constitution, we, your bishops, urge all responsible to conduct serious studies in economics, sociology, the law and relat- ed disciplines, including Catholic social teachings,” the Catholic Bishops Confer- ence of the Philippines (CBCP) said in...
The life ofRodrigo Duterte, mayor of Davao City in the southern Philippines, reads more like that of a mob boss than a mayor. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has investigated Duterte for his alleged links to a vigilante group called theDavao Death Squad(ties he lateradmitted), as...