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Examples of corruption in the Philippines include graft, bribery, cronyism, nepotism, impunity, embezzlement, extortion, racketeering, fraud, tax evasion, vote buying, lack of transparency, lack of sufficient enforcement of laws and government policies, and consistent lack of support for human rights. [4]
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 ...
Political corruption in the Philippines (13 P) Pages in category "Corruption in the Philippines" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The 2011 Armed Forces of the Philippines corruption scandal, also known as the " pabaon scandal", was a political scandal involving the alleged misuse of military funds by high-ranking members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The pabaon system referred to a practice of giving millions of pesos to chiefs of staff when they retire. [1]
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Pages in category "Political corruption in the Philippines" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
On May 2, 2014, Office of the Ombudsman dismissed the case against Arroyo, who was at the time under hospital arrest for alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office funds. [8] The Sandiganbayan (Philippine anti-graft court) launched its investigation into the fertilizer fund scam in 2016. [9]
The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called "pork barrel"), a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development ...