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Asia
Philippines ‘ghost’ flood projects leave residents stranded
A flood control project intended to remedy the issue, like so many identified in recent weeks, has never been finished.…
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Mexico
less smuggling, more tax collection
The Mexican government anticipates that it will collect an additional 3.49 billion pesos (US $190.2 million) in revenue in 2026…
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Asia
Philippine lawmaker quits top job as graft probe moves forward
MANILA: The speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives tendered his resignation on Wednesday (Sep 17) after his name surfaced…
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Asia
First members of Philippine commission to probe widening flood project scandal named
Last week, construction firm owners and a former DPWH engineer implicated at least 28 lawmakers and government officials in the…
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Asia
Philippine contractors allege lawmaker payoffs in flood control scandal
MANILA: Philippine construction firms paid off 17 lawmakers to secure government contracts, their owners claimed Monday (Sep 8) at a…
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Asia
Former head of China securities watchdog Yi Huiman under corruption probe
BEIJING: The former chief of China’s top regulatory body for securities markets has been placed under investigation, anti-corruption authorities said…
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Asia
Indonesia detains former minister and Gojek founder as suspect in graft case
JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators on Thursday (Sep 4) named a former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing firm Gojek, Nadiem Makarim,…
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Former Wildlife Reserves Singapore employee guilty of receiving bribe from engineering firm director
SINGAPORE: A former assistant director of Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) was found guilty of corruptly obtaining S$20,000 (US$15,600) from an…
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Asia
Indonesian deputy minister dismissed, charged with extortion in graft case
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s deputy manpower minister was dismissed and charged with extortion on Friday (Aug 22) after anti-graft investigators accused him…
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Indonesia deputy minister arrested as part of anti-graft probe, agency says
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s anti-graft agency has arrested the country’s deputy manpower minister in connection with an investigation into alleged extortion, the…
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