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Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO /MANILA BULLETIN) Guevarra gave the assurance after the President identified the nine during a televised public address Monday night based on the report submitted by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) to the Office of the President (OP). “I’m not sure if the PACC report to the President is complete by itself (I have not seen it) and is ready for filing with the Office of the Ombudsman,” the secretary said....

Northern Samar 1st District Rep. Paul Daza (Photo via PNA / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “My inclusion in the PACC report fed to President Rodrigo Duterte is baseless and malicious. I deny in the strongest sense any attempt to besmirch my name,” he said. At least eight incumbent representatives and one former legislator were named by President Duterte for their alleged links to anomalous projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). He likewise ordered the relief of over ...

President Rodrigo Duterte, reading a list from the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission, reveals the names of nine lawmakers allegedly involved in corruption related to infrastructure projects despite admitting there is no evidence to back his accusation.

Published December 29, 2020, 11:04 AM After President Duterte took his corruption allegations publicly against members of the Liberal Party, the opposition said it was a diversionary tactic used by the current administration to sidetrack discussions on issues of national interest.  In a statement, the Liberal Party stood by its members who Duterte accused of corruption during his weekly address to the nation on Monday night. The President, however, admitted that he has no evidence of such all...

More solons identified by Duterte deny involvement in corruption By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published December 29, 2020 11:01am Updated December 29, 2020 11:19am More lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Tuesday denied involvement in alleged corruption related to infrastructure projects after they were named by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a message to GMA News Online, Deputy Speaker Henry Oaminal categorically denied involvement in any anomaly or corrupt activity. Duterte,...

Lawmakers cry foul over inclusion in PACC corruption list, ready to submit to probe Updated Dec 29, 2020 5:15:00 PM enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) — Incumbent lawmakers and a former congressman linked by President Rodrigo Duterte to alleged corruption denied the accusations on Tuesday, saying they are ready to face investigations to prove their innocence. Despite admitting that there is "no hard evidence" against the lawmakers, Duterte on Monday...

THE eight lawmakers named by President Rodrigo Duterte late Monday landed on the list of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) allegedly for various anomalies, including ghost projects in Occidental Mindoro and a new road that crumbled in Quezon province. The President cited the PACC report on alleged corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) when he ticked off the names of the lawmakers and their “misdeeds.” The report linked Occidental Mindoro Rep. Jose...

Duterte signs P4.5-T national budget for 2021 By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published December 28, 2020 6:25pm Updated December 28, 2020 7:20pm President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed into law the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021. Duterte signed the General Appropriations Act of 2021 before some members of Congress such as Senate President Vicente Sotto III and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco in Malacañang. LOOK: President Rodrigo Duterte signs P4.5-T national budget for 2021 ...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) In a televised address Monday night, the President also identified several Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineers allegedly involved in irregularities and sought their removal from their posts. The list of names were given to the President by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) which recently initiated a probe on the alleged corruption in the DPWH. Before reading the names in public, the...

Duterte bares names of congressmen, congresswomen linked to corruption By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published December 28, 2020 9:55pm Updated December 29, 2020 8:39am President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night bared the names of House members who have been linked to alleged corruption related to infrastructure projects. Duterte also relieved from their posts district engineers of the Department of Public Works and Highways who are involved in the corrupt practices alleged before the...