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President Rodrigo Duterte created the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) through Executive Order No. 43 which was signed on October 4, 2017. This was a response to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales , and her deputies Melchor Arthur Carandang and Rodolfo Elman pursuing a fact-finding investigation on Duterte's alleged illegal bank ...
117 was a former national emergency hotline before it was replaced by 911. Prior to the inception of 117, emergency services were reached through a myriad of telephone numbers. The fire department in Manila, for example, had fifty telephone numbers, one for every fire station in the city. [2] In February 1998, the 117 hotline was implemented by ...
Duterte has acknowledged that the war on drugs has been difficult to control due to the country's long coastline and corruption. [218] He asked president-elect Bongbong Marcos to continue the war on drugs in his own way; [ 219 ] Duterte declined an appointment offer as Marcos' drug czar , expressing a desire to retire. [ 220 ]
[2] [3] According to GAN Integrity's Philippines Corruption Report updated May 2020, the Philippines suffers from many incidents of corruption and crime in many aspects of civic life and in various sectors. Such corruption risks are rampant throughout the state's judicial system, police service, public services, land administration, and natural ...
Recognizing that corruption is not just a matter of persons but systems, Carpio-Morales took the initiative in creating an integrity management-based program that mobilizes government agencies and the public and addresses the lack of strategy and direction in the overall anti-corruption campaign.
Directing All Government Agencies and Instrumentalities, Including Local Government Units, to Implement the Philippine Development Plan and Public Investment Program for the Period 2017–2022 June 1, 2017 [27] 28 Providing for the Regulation and Control of the Use of Firecrackers and Other Pyrotechnic Devices June 20, 2017 [28] 29
Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act March 8, 2019 [55] 11239 An Act abolishing the Road Board and providing for the disposition of the motor vehicle user's charges, collections, Amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 8794, entitled “An act imposing a motor vehicle user's charge on owners of all types motor vehicles and for other purposes”
Duterte has said that a monthly income of 25,000 Php or less should be exempted from paying income taxes. [52] A simplified tax collection system and privatization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other government collection agencies are also among his proposals. [53] However, Duterte has also said he is against income tax reduction. [31]