Windows26: 17 ex-GOCC, NGO execs found guilty in pork scam

July 4, 2024

Hi, reader! This Thursday, we're covering the conviction of 17 ex-GOCC and NGO executives in a pork scam, the removal of a US missile system from the Philippines, and China's 'monster ship' reentering the country's EEZ.

17 ex-GOCC, NGO execs found guilty in pork scam

The Sandiganbayan has convicted for graft and malversation of public funds 15 former officials of now dissolved government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) that acted as implementing agencies, as well as two members of nongovernment organizations (NGOs) tapped as project partners, in bogus livelihood projects supposedly funded by the pork barrel of a former Misamis Occidental lawmaker, who remains in hiding.

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Army spox: US missile system to be removed from PH by Sept

The powerful US midrange missile system, which saw action in recent large-scale military exercises between Filipino and American troops, remains in the Philippines but will be "shipped out of the country" this September, according to a Philippine military official.

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Fingerprints of Alice Guo's brother also find a match

The fingerprints of a Chinese boy who arrived in the country in 1999 have matched those of the younger brother of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian disclosed on Wednesday.

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SC: Bigamous marriages don't count in inheritance law

Only the legal spouse and legitimate or illegitimate children of a deceased seafarer are entitled to benefits under his Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) contract, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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PH, China ministers talk de-escalation – but 'Monster' back in EEZ

The Chinese vessel known as "The Monster,'' so-called for being the largest coast guard ship in the world, reentered the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Wednesday morning, in what a retired Philippine Navy officer said was Beijing's way of sending a fresh message to Manila that it owns almost the entire South China Sea.

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EDITORIAL: Caught between the US and China

Today is Philippine-American Friendship Day, a day that commemorates the long-standing friendship between the Philippines and its former colonial master, the United States.

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