Every guilty party in the corruption scandal, including politicians, other government officials, and contractors, must be prosecuted and jailed, according to the millions-strong National Union of Cooperatives (NUC). The NUC made the call for urgent reforms and accountability as public outrage continues to grow over anomalies in the government’s multibillion-peso flood control and other infrastructure...
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2024 World News Day: Joy of shared truth, sacred bond and democracies’ self-evident values
(Editor’s note: CoverStory.ph is uploading a series of articles in support of 2024 World News Day, a collective action of hundreds of people, news organizations and associations from more than 100 countries, aimed at improving understanding of news media’s central role in modern societies. Conceived by David Walmsley, the Globe and Mail’s editor-in-chief, the campaign...
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Accountability and transparency issues hound UP Board of Regents
The University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) is to convene on April 27 for its monthly meeting at Quezon Hall, the base of the university’s administrative offices and the scene of protests over the BOR’s selection on April 3 of Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II as UP Diliman chancellor. The meeting takes place...