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On September 11, the Supreme Court of the Philippines promulgated a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the $329-million national broadband network (NBN) contract between the Philippine government and China's ZTE based on separate certiorari suits filed by Iloilo Vice-Governor and former Representative Rolex Suplico and Joey de Venecia III.
This list of conflicts in the Philippines is a timeline of events that includes pre-colonial wars, Spanish–Moro conflict, Philippine revolts against Spain, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the Philippines' geographical area.
Date Branch Department Party People Involved Summary Source 1946 Executive: Office of the President: Liberal: Manuel Roxas: Surplus War Property scandal- disposed $90 billion of surplus war property held by the United States government in the final year of World War II, which caused a huge corruption scandal that led to the rise of the leftist HUKBALAHAP and for Roxas's approval ratings to ...
Enriquez was also able to gain contracts with Philippine Airlines through Roman Cruz. [40] Trinidad's son-in-law Rebecco Panlilio would later lead the construction of the largest tourism investment in the Philippines at that time, Puerto Azul, at the mouth of Manila Bay in Ternate, Cavite. The said resort expropriated more than 3,000 hectares ...
[10] In contrast, Transparency International reported the Philippines as a "significant decliner" in score for the region in 2021 and 2022; the country dropped to a score of 33 in those years from its 2014 high of 38. [11] [12] The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index scored the Philippines at 34. When ranked by score, the Philippines ranked 115th ...
Mijares himself, after failing to account for NPC funds, ran away to the US, and joined Manglapus' Movement for a Free Philippines and wrote the book. [5] Mijares said that he was offered a bribe amounting to US$100,000 to be dissuaded to testify about the human rights situation in the Philippines, and said that he refused the bribe.
24/7 Wall St. has lined up a list of 10 of the most infamous estate battles. Most were fought overs tens of millions -- or even billions -- of dollars. Some of these fights are still in the courts ...
Separatism in the Philippines (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Territorial disputes of the Philippines" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.