Senator Manny Pacquiao has named the Department of Health (DOH) as a hub of corruption in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge to name corrupt government agencies.
President Rodrigo Duterte acknowledged that corruption has long been a problem in government as he challenged Senator Manny Pacquiao to identify the government agencies where misuse of public funds is rampant.
Russian police on Tuesday raided the apartments of investigative journalists and their relatives as authorities pile more pressure on independent media.
Ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked the people of Myanmar to stay “united” in the face of military rule, her lawyers said Tuesday, as she reappeared in a junta court.
The United States began shipping 2.5 million doses of Moderna’s Covid vaccine to Bangladesh on Tuesday, a White House official told AFP, as the South Asian country confronted a wave of new infections.
Myanmar’s multi-billion-dollar jade mines risk becoming a “slush fund” for military repression, Global Witness said Tuesday, urging consumers to boycott purchasing any jade and gemstones from the coup-wracked nation.
“Sa pamamagitan nito ay mas marami tayong napagsisilbihan,” Imus Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi said.
The former mayor of South Korea’s second-largest city was jailed for three years on Tuesday for sexually harassing two female staffers, the latest such high-profile conviction in a still patriarchal society.
President Rodrigo Duterte scoffed at Senator Manny Pacquiao’s dream to eradicate corruption in government as he slammed the boxing icon for criticizing his government.
