News

The FinCEN Files: PH money remitters flagged in millions of dollars in ‘suspicious’ transactions

September 21, 2020

Filipino remittance firms were investigated in the aftermath of the 2016 cyber-heist that siphoned off $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh. Documents now show that a few years before the daring theft, these remittance firms had moved millions of U.S. dollars in “suspicious” transactions, raising the question as to why they were not stopped in their tracks much earlier.

Groups laud global calls for probes and sanctions on Duterte’s rights violations

September 20, 2020

The European Parliament, voting last Thursday, September 17, said it proactively supports the adoption of a resolution at the ongoing 45th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an international investigation into human rights violations committed in the Philippines since Duterte became president.

Tatak EdVil

September 12, 2020

“Indeed, what Ed wrote on his post, two weeks before charging into the night, was brightly appropriate for our irrepressible and larger-than-life Mad Marx: ‘Long live the continuing struggle of the Filipino people for social justice, democracy and national sovereignty!’” IBON said.

‘Doc Ed’ Villegas dies after massive stroke

September 8, 2020

Edberto Malvar Villegas, retired University of the Philippines-Manila and De La Salle University professor, book author and activist died Monday night, September 8, after suffering a massive stroke last Friday.

Search

Recent posts