JUST IN: DFA Sec. Teddy Locsin says the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil has been recalled to explain supposed maltreatment of her service staff. | via @patriciaviray
@patriciaviray DFA: The Department of Foreign Affairs has instructed the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil to return home immediately following release of video footages showing her berating and mistreating her household staff. | via @patriciaviray
DFA: The household staff left Brasilia on October 21 and is back in the Philippines. The DFA is reaching out to her to ensure her wellbeing and cooperation in the investigation. | via @patriciaviray
DFA: The DFA assures the public that a thorough investigation will be conducted. | via @patriciaviray
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CONTEXT: In 2007, Malacañang suspended for six months a regional director of the Department of Education for her failure to submit a true and complete SALN.
Failure to file a SALN is punishable by either suspension or dismissal.
CONTEXT: While Duterte has not made public his SALN for three years now, former Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached in 2011 for violation of the Constitution when he failed to disclose his SALN to the public.
HAPPENING NOW: The committees on public accounts and good government and public accountability continue hearing on alleged PhilHealth anomalies.
They are expected to approve today the committee report on the congressional probe. | @XaveGregorio
@XaveGregorio Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado on today's proceedings: Isang araw ng mga pasabog ang mangyayari. | via @XaveGregorio
Rep. Michael Defensor says some of the recommended cases to be filed against allegedly erring officials are administrative charges, violations of the Revised Penal Code, graft and corruption, syndicated estafa and plunder. | via @XaveGregorio
President Rodrigo Duterte, who promised to end corruption in the country as early as 2016, said he will dedicate his last years in office to fighting corruption because it keeps getting stronger.
In February this year, Duterte admitted that he cannot stop corruption.
CONTEXT: In his campaign period and during his first year in office, Duterte claimed he will get rid of “corruption, criminality, and drugs” in three to six months, and told Filipinos to kill him if he doesn’t.
Duterte: Hindi po ako naniniwala na wala akong magawa, may magawa ako. With the cabinet members, we can come up with a strong stand vs corruption. Eradication may be a part of that. | via @xtinamen
"He better file a case in court or shut up if he has no evidence to show," House Minority Leader Joseph Paduano (Abang Lingkod party-list) says of Lt. Gen. Parlade's repeated accusations against members of the Makabayan bloc. | via @XaveGregorio
"We all know that intelligence information gathering is part of military duty, but we cannot allow Parlade to sow fear or even threaten people he merely suspects to have communist links," Paduano also says in a statement.
Paduano says "he expects the entire House to take action on the issue."