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SunStar Photo by Johanna Bajenting February 09, 2021 THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Central Visayas filed graft charges against officials from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and three officials from Chong Hua Hospital involved in approving an allegedly fraudulent claim for a non-frontliner patient. CHARGES Republic Act (RA) 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Malversation of public funds through falsification of public documents Code of Con...

Published February 9, 2021, 2:32 PM The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed the notices of disallowance (NDs)  issued by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the P204.07 million that was given to officials and employees of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) as efficiency and birthday gifts, among other benefits, in 2007 and 2008.    Supreme Court (SC) (MANILA BULLETIN) In a unanimous decision written by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, the SC said PhilHealth offi...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), over alleged extortion of motorists and gratification.

Kayode OyeroThe Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has arraigned two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corp...

ICPC arraigns 2 FRSC officials over extortion of motorists On By Soni Daniel The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), over alleged extortion of motorists and gratification. In a 2-count charge brought before Justice H. Aprioku of the Rivers State High Court 11 sitting in Port Harcourt, ICPC told the court how the duo, John Asegu and Otom Asueni, forcefully collected various sums of money ...

The FRSC officials have reportedly been remanded in prison custody for not being able to meet their bail conditions.

Banking secrecy remains a business model for Swiss banks Swiss banks continue to accept dirty money, mainly from the worlds poorest countries. 123rf Swiss officials have discovered CHF9 billion ($10billion) in embezzled Venezuelan public funds spread across hundreds of bank accounts. One in eight Swiss banks is caught up in this latest scandal, which some experts say shows up the failure of the anti-money-laundering mechanism put in place by Switzerland. This content was published on February 5...

Michael Benanav / Searchlight New Mexico and is republished here by permission. For most New Mexico businesses, the arrival of COVID-19 wreaked havoc, caused shutdowns or threatened doom. But for one enterprise — potentially one of the world’s largest nuclear waste sites — the pandemic offered an unusual opportunity. A long-planned nuclear waste storage facility in the southeastern New Mexico desert was rushed through the approval process during the pandemic, according to New Mexico’s ...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE Cleared in a resolution written by Associate Justice Alex L. Quiroz and concurred in by Associate Justices Lorifel L. Pahimna and Bayani H. Jacinto were Jose Calixto, chief administrative officer, and Marieta Cruz, finance management officer II. The Sandiganbayan said that Calixtro and Cruz were not part of the bids and awards committee (BAC) of the EAMC and were not involved in the determination of the mode of procurement. “Evidently, the herein accused had no participat...

Rapacious nuclear company Holtec: its dodgy record on safety, finance and lack of transparency New Mexico’s nuclear rush.  A massive nuclear waste site near Carlsbad is seemingly on a fast track. Can the company behind it be trusted? 1 -” ………………There really is no fixed date on a repository,” said Rod McCullum of the Nuclear Energy Institute, an industry trade group. In the absence of a permanent storage place, the conversation has turned to interim storage sites that could ...