Often, as a journalist, I am asked how can I be so calm and composed even when the worst things in life happen right in front of my eyes? Despite the temptations, how can I say no to bribes and remain committed to the truth? I always say, “I learned them as a kid, from my second home, St. Theresa’s.”
Oftenas a journalist, I am asked how can I be so calm and composed even when the worst things in life happen right in front of my eyes? Despite the temptations, how can I say no to bribes and remain committed to the truth? I always say; “I learned them as a kid, from my second home, St. Theresa’s.”
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Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO /MANILA BULLETIN)
“As of Jan. 11, 2021, the task force had received 144 complaints and had evaluated 60, mostly involving alleged anomalies in public works projects in the regions,” Guevarra said.
These four corrupt activities being investigated are the alleged massive corruption at the first district engineering office in Northern Samar; alleged ghost deliveries of rice and fuel in Capalonga, Camarines Norte; alleged anomalous procurement of heavy equipment and illegal disbursement of Bayanihan funds in Cateel, Davao Oriental; and alleged irregular bidding, bribery, and extortion at the third district engineering office in Cagayan.
“The amount of funds involved ranges from a few million pesos to hundreds of million pesos,” Guevarra said.
(OVP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
President Duterte bared the names of former and current lawmakers who allegedly received kickbacks from the government’s public works projects.
They were in the list provided by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) that supposedly cropped up from its investigation, although Duterte admitted he has no evidence of such allegations.
“Ang sa akin, ang tanong ko nga, kung wala namang hard evidence, bakit kailangang pangalanan?” she asked during her radio show, “BISErbisyong Leni.”
(For me, my question is, why should they be named if there was no hard evidence?)
The vice president said that a thorough investigation should be conducted to prove the lawmakers are indeed guilty of corruption.