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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 ...
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]
Scandals in the Philippines (2 C, 2 P) T. ... Pages in category "Controversies in the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
United States military scandals in the Philippines (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Political scandals in the Philippines" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
In 2012, President Benigno Aquino said that, according to Transparency International, the factors driving the progress in the Philippines' Corruption Perception Index scores at that time were improved government service and reduced red tape. [8] Between 2012 and 2014, the Philippines's score rose from 34 to its highest-ever score of 38. [9]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed criminal charges against Kapa-Community Ministry International and its executives, citing an investment scam. [7] [8] President Rodrigo Duterte was the first government official to announce the legal actions, doing so on June 8, 2019, when he ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to shut down Kapa.
On April 27, 2017, a scandal arose when a team from the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) raided the Manila Police District (MPD) station 1 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines and discovered that about 12 men and women were being detained inside a cell hidden behind a bookshelf. It was reported that these prisoners inside the said cell were being held ...
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 ...