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 ...
Whereas, four lead government agencies, all of which are constitutionally commissioned to eradicate graft and corrupt practices and to implement ethical standards in the bureaucracy, are separately and jointly doing their share in minimizing this age-old problem; ...
an impractical test for prosecutors in most cases. Under the prior legislation, the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 and Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, or the common law offence of bribery, it had to be proved that a senior manager was the ‘directing...
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Jaraula has been slapped with violations of Section 3(e) and (g) of R.A. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act as well as Article 217 of the Revised Penal Code, also known as malversation. He was charged fwith violation of Section 3(e) and malversation alongside Departme...
Santiago E. Laguna grossly violated his authority and is guilty of Republic Act 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.Visbal alleged that Laguna directed him to help two contractors and suppliers win the public bidding for the supply of fire suppression 鈥Manila Bulletin...
The findings revealed that the respondents perceived that the graft and corrupt practices as stated in the Republic Act 3019 Section 3 were moderately practiced by employees in government agencies. The perceived negative effects of corruption were manifested in the poor delivery of the community's ...
The article reports on the enforcement of the Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit bribing of foreign officials. The report from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP reveals that the regulators had filed illegal payment ...
The article focuses on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and its implication for U.S. companies. It notes that the FCPA prohibits payments to foreign public officials but does not impose restrictions on private commercial bribery overseas. As a result of this loophole, the Department of ...
This paper examines the role of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences commission as an anti-graft institution in Nigeria. It adopts the theory of self-restraining state in determining to what extent the ICPC has been successful or otherwise in combating corruption in Nigeria....