It wouldn’t be an exaggeration if I stated that 2008 has been one of the worst years for the national sport. We didn’t qualify for Olympics. It was the greatest disappointment.The reasons for our failure are not limited to on-field performances alone. Instead, they spill over to administrative flaws. Lack of talented players in the team could be attributed to our dismal show. That in turn coul
The integrity of the Nobel prize was called into question last night after it emerged that a member of the jury also sat on the board of a pharmaceuticals giant that benefited from the award of this year’s prize for medicine.
Prosecutors were studying whether AstraZeneca, the London-based multi-national pharmaceutical company, could have exerted undue influence on the award.
The joint winner o
Corruption... An interesting word. In Malaysia, corruption is synonymous with one particular race, strange as it may seem. Nonetheless, I am of this view, without Baba, there will be no Ali. One of them has to be the initiator and being more often than not, the recipient is often prosecuted.Much as I find Veera's piece interesting as he talks about widening the net to arrest corruption, I feel tha
Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has agreed to pay more than $800 million in fines to settle long-standing corruption charges in the United States.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon accepted guilty pleas from lawyers for the international corporation on Monday morning in federal court in Washington.The corporation, with headquarters in Berlin and Munich, Germany, and three of its international sub
I’m sure by now you’ve read all the exciting details regarding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, his arrest, and the pending corruption charges for trying to sell the keys to the United States Senate seat recently vacated by Barack Obama.
While the story itself is exciting political drama, the history of political corruption in Illinois is something [...]
With a fresh vow to mitigate common people’s sufferings, eliminate illiteracy and to fight against corruption, a meeting of Awami League Working Committee was going on to give approval to its electoral manifesto till filing of this report on Friday night.(The Banglades Today)
Awami League Presidium Members and senior leaders were taking part in the ALWC [...]
Attempts to establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in South Australia continue through a Bill that was introduced last week by the State Opposition. In February this year I introduced legislation that would have set up a Commission to help dispel suspicion of those in public office over conflicts of interest, misappropriation of funds [...]
Evènement : Colloque annuel de TI France
Colloque de TI France sur les droits des victimes de la corruption
26/11/2008
Ce troisième colloque de Transparence-International France s'intitule "Agir contre la [...]
A delegation of the State Inspectorate, led by Deputy Inspector General Le Tien Hao, wrapped up a working visit to Indonesia on Nov.15.Hao told the press in Jakarta that his five-day visit aims at exchanging information on measures to combat corruption with Indonesia as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of Indonesia is very experienced in this area.The first Indonesia visit by a Vietname
Indonesia's corruption watchdog signed an agreement Tuesday with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to collaborate in the fight against graft, a spokesman said.Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, chairman Antasari Azhar and FBI deputy director John Pistole signed the agreement in Jakarta on training and the exchange of information and investigators, the commission's spokesman Johan Bu
High-profile cases raise President Yudhoyono’s anti-corruption credentials, but doubts persist as decentralisation provides new opportunities for bung-takers.On the face of it, the KPK, set up in 2002, has been making an effective assault on Indonesia’s notorious and endemic corruption. The country improved its rankings in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, published
Colloque annuel de TI France
AGIR CONTRE LA CORRUPTION –
COMPORTEMENTS ET MOYENS D’ACTION DES VICTIMES
Mercredi 26 novembre 2008
14h30-18h30
Club Confair
54 rue Laffitte, Paris [...]
Some of the team's Formula One (F1) FIA began questioning the commitment to economize. They even absent from the membership of FOTA and the conditions bobroknya alliances that ten F1 teams.F1 teams are angry due melonjaknya large amount of debt that they must pay to the owner of F1, CVC, which is as much USD5 billion or EUR 230 million per year.Actually, the number is far greater than their income
Fighting a war far easier for Maoists than fighting corruption
By Divas
Nepal’s Finance Minister & Maoist Party leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has claimed that the Maoist-led coalition government...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
About half a year ago, I was at a meeting with the Nordic Association in Öland, a thin outstretched island east of Sweden in the Baltic ocean. It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun. We got paid to get there and we were able to freely choose our way of [...]
In the unlikely event that you haven't heard by now Senator Ted "Bridge to Nowhere" Stevens was convicted of seven counts of corruption related charges yesterday.From the AP: Stevens guilty on 7 counts, won't quit Senate raceWASHINGTON – Ted Stevens, a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska politics almost since statehood, was convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption ch
Just One of Bushtard's Many War Crimes
Republicans Are
F*ckheads, Republicans Are
F*ckheads, Republi
cans Are F*ckheads, Re
publicans Are F*ckheads, Re
publicans Are F*ck
heads, Republicans
Are F*ckheads, Republicans
Are F*ckheads, Repub
licans Are F*ckheads
Republicans Are F*ckheads,
Republicans Are
F*ckheads, Republi
cans Are F*ckheads, Republi
cans Are F*ckhead
The Associated Press this morning has
reported that:
A court clerk says a former Beijing
vice mayor in charge of overseeing Olympic construction projects has
been given a death sentence for corruption.The Intermediate
People's Court in Hengshui, a city outside Beijing, ordered the death
sentence Saturday after finding Liu Zhihua guilty of taking
bribes.But a court clerk
When it comes to films we normally look to Hollywood, the UK but rarely international films, well may be Bollywood and Nollywood avoiding the rich diversity of quality celluloid entertainment. For instance, Infernal Affairs, My Wife is a Gangster, La Haine, Taxi (the proper one) etc.
Got to admit the Brazilians do make’em, films that is: [...]
A state investigation’s report has revealed that Sarah Palin indeed violated state ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police force. The report concluded that Sarah Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda. The report [...]
… and the story continues. Two Ohio voters, including a Domino’s pizza employee Christopher Barkley, claimed yesterday that they were pressured by ACORN thugs to register and vote several times, even though they made it clear they had already done so.
This comes after ACORN and Project Vote announced the completion of a 21 state voter-registration [...]
Tone at the Top
1. Kebijakan dan dukungan dari CEO, direksi dan senior management.
2. Secara konsisten mengkomunikasikan kebijakan dan dukungan atas program anti korupsi.
3. Mengintegrasikan program anti korupsi ke dalam struktur organisasi dan proses pengambilan keputusan.
4. Membuat ‘whistleblower hotlines, employee help lines dan topical guidance’. Gunanya untuk menerima laporan ten
Italy and the Seychelles are both in 55th place worldwide regarding corruption in the public sector. Our Country has dropped 14 positions down the list since 2007, thanks to an increase in "abuse of public office for personal benefit".I would like to suggest to Seychelles President James Michel that his country should consider twinning with Italy. A large country such as ours could turn that tiny
Indice de Perception de la Corruption 2008 : la note de la France en baisse
La note de la France est en baisse dans l'Indice de Perception de la Corruption (IPC) 2008 publié par Transparency International. Avec 6,9 sur une échelle allant de
0 (haut degré de [...]
The annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.According to the latest CPI, Ireland and UK rank #16 (lower numbers are better)Denmark had the best score #1 with Argentina coming in at an abysmal #109 and worst of the bunch was Somalia at #180I'm actually pretty surprised at the how w
Ananais Gweinho Tumukunde,a 31-year old Ugandan government offical who advised his government on science and technology matters, has pled guilty at to accepting corrupt payments.Tumukunde defrauded The CBRN Team Ltd, which specialises in helping counteract chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear threats, out of over £80,000.He had signed a £210,000 contract with CBRN to supply training and
According to latest corruption report released by global watchdog Transparency International, Somalia is the most corrupt nation in the world. The report has been prepared on the basis of surveys conducted in 180 countries by 13 international agencies associated with Transparency International. Somalia has not any central government since 1991 so the whole country is [...]
The Indonesia Corruption Watch issued a statement Tuesday urging the House of Representatives' Ethics Council to probe 77 former and current lawmakers allegedly involved in various corruption cases.The cases are as described below: * Alleged bribery in the appointment of Miranda Swaray Goeltom as BI deputy governor involving 10 lawmakers from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and t
The man behind the anti-graft campaign, KPK chairman Antasari Azhar, has in the past eight months overseen arrests on corruption charges of five members of parliament, a former national police chief and ambassador to Malaysia, a senior government prosecutor, and three central bank officials, including the governor. Several of those suspects have already been convicted in the KPK's special Corrupt
East Timor's National Parliament has established a national network on anti-corruption. The initiative is a result of a two-day conference which aimed to create a network of parliamentarians and independent State institutions dedicated to combating corruption and enhancing good governance. The President of the Sub-Committee on Anti-Corruption, Cipriana da Costa Pereira told participants at the ope
This is the hot issue in Indonesia, many peoples said that this is become a basic cultural, how can they say?, ones of the reason start from the empire era, in that time, there are a lot of royal empire in Indonesia, and one of the famous like Majapahit, Mataram, etc.
The one of the [...]
While Swiss citizens still like to believe that their country's foreign reputation is made of chocolate, cheese and the Red Cross, Switzerland is actually best-known as a safe haven for the ill- gotten wealth of elites around the world. The Shah of Iran, Ferdinand Marcos, "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Sese Seko Mobutu and Nicolae Ceaucescu are just a few of the global villains who have hidden their assets
Récemment j’ ai acheté un nouvel ordinateur comme je l’ avais dit. Tout allait bien vidéo haute qualité jeux dans le maximum. Puis en plein milieu d’un film .avi que j’ avais téléchargé un glitch graphique entourer le curseur. Puis, après un moment, le vidéo deviens ligné ensuite l’ écran deviens noir et finalemen
Palin May Move to Block Subpoenas in Trooper Case:A top law enforcement official in Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's administration is considering steps to block a legislative probe into allegations she improperly fired the state's No. 1 police official.What does Sarah Palin have to hide?
If she did nothing wrong, she should let the investigation proceed without interference. There is only one reas
Sex, drugs and corruption scandal hits US government department. US Department of Interior employees engaged in sex, illegal drug use, accepted gifts and steered federal contracts toward oil and gas companies, according to a wide-ranging internal investigation.
[Read Complete Story]
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Investigations into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reveal details of a corrupted past involving overstated earnings that went straight into the pockets of CEOs.Social Bookmarking Add to OnlywireAdd to: | Technorati | Digg | del.icio.us | Yahoo | BlinkList | Spurl | reddit | Furl |
Indonesia's corruption court on Thursday sentenced a former top prosecutor to 20 years in prison for taking bribes in a high-profile graft case involving the attorney general's office.Urip Tri Gunawan was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission in March and charged with accepting $660,000 in cash soon after his office dropped a graft investigation against Indonesian tycoon Sjamsul Nursal
Hantu Laut
Here he goes again, now with some modification to his earlier tune.
Nik Aziz, the PAS spiritual leader said Saiful’s act of taking an oath on the holy book was Islamic but it was not according to the Muslim culture.
“In Islam, there is no need to place your hands on the Quran when you swear. Placing one’s hands on the Quran is an act of copying the Christians. “When the Chris
green & blue
Originally uploaded by Martjusha
An emphasis on ecology has lead some to rethink terms such as “sin” and “redemption”. When considering these themes in light of ecology, some have...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Fiji seems like an idyllic place, full of sun, sand, and relaxation, but beneath the calm facade lurks corruption. After a successful career fighting corruption in Hong Kong, paralegal Albert Lau is now helping Fiji fight internal corruption.Not often do people think of taking up a profession fighting corruption and promoting good governance.For Albert Lau, making a difference in society is a pas
Hantu Laut
There seems to be a sudden spate of investigations and arrests of cases of corruption.Is it because the ACA has been given more teeth to bite or our Prime Minister has decided it's time to clean up the mess or is it just another showbiz?
It's good if he has, but to be fair to all, just make sure it covers the whole spectrum of the rainbow, from the one that sits on the horizon to its
There seems to be a sudden spate of investigations and arrests of cases of corruption.Is it because the ACA has been given more teeth to bite or our Prime Minister has decided it's time to clean up the mess? It's good if he has, but to be fair to all, just make sure it covers the whole spectrum of the rainbow, from the one that sits on the horizon to its apogee in the skies, the bigger t
Konrad Morgen
"The Bloodhound Judge"
Investigating corruption within the SS
Konrad Morgen from a rare 1972 interview
Konrad Morgen was born on the 8 June 1908 in Frankfurt –am – Main, the son of a railroad worker. He chose a career in the legal profession and graduated from the University of Frankfurt and The Hague Academy of International Law, and became a judge in Stettin.
Konrad Morgen
"The Bloodhound Judge"
Investigating corruption within the SS
Konrad Morgen from a rare 1972 interview
Konrad Morgen was born on the 8 June 1908 in Frankfurt –am – Main, the son of a railroad worker. He chose a career in the legal profession and graduated from the University of Frankfurt and The Hague Academy of International Law, and became a judge in Stettin.
Kota Kinabalu: Sipitang Umno Youth has called on the Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) to investigate the meetings conducted by Umno in the division. Its chief Haji Osman Ahmed claimed there were elements of corruption, money politics, pressuring and coercion on the party branches.
Sign up to Mafia Corruption today to become a mobster working your way through the ranks to become the greatest and most powerful gangster in the Mafioso world..You have the ability to be a leader and create your own gang to drive to the top or can equally join gangs to help build an unstoppable empire. Collect cash, drugs and purchase weapons along the way of attacking your enemies to help build
Bom pessoal... olha eu denovo ai trazendo um titulo um pouco deixado de lado... mas muito lembrado pelos fãns... e por mim tambem!!!Olha qual o slogan que a nintendo criou para o jogo: "Stop the unstoppable Dark Samus"...Só pelo slogan da pra perceber que o jogo e ação pura do inicio ao fim não e mesmo!!!"Metroid Prime 3" foi o primeiro game importante da Nintendo criado e pensado para o hard
Obama has launched a new ad exposing the $2 million in campaign donations John McCain's campaign has received from the oil industry, and connected the dots to McCain's plan to give the oil industry another $4 billion in tax cuts. Meanwhile, Obama is revealing his "New Energy For America Plan", which is already receiving praise, being called "aggressive, achievable, and most important of all, a nec
(source)
Forms of corruption
Corruption can take on many forms:
From limited competition when awarding government contracts to the setting up of wasteful mega-projects designed specifically for the corruption opportunities these can yield.
From small bribes by ordinary citizens “in order to get things done” to larger payments as a means to escape criminal justice.
From the nepotism of
Public servants are supposedly responsible to carry out his or her duty honestly and diligently.
The stake will be higher if the nature of the task involves enforcement and national security.
However, in an apparent abuse of power, a group of officers from the Johor Immigration Department organized a feast to hand out i-Card (i-Kad) to illegal [...]
Indecision 2008 is ALWAYS worth your time.------------------------------The Colbert Report: Obama, McCain, and Media Love(Government/Politics, Media, Sen. Obama, Sen. McCain) ------------------------------The Colbert Report: Senator Ted Stevens--"Fat Cat"(Government/Politics, Sen. Stevens, Rupert Murdoch, Corruption)------------------------------The Daily Show: Neo-conservatism and Chocolate--"Ben
Did you know that a typical CD-R / DVD-R disk can hold its data intact for only a few years? After some years recorded digital data from a CD or DVD become corrupted, some of its file may lost and normally you can’t recover it. ICE ECC is the perfect solution to this problem - before you store your data, protect it against corruption with ICE ECC. It is a file verification and repair tool that a
To : You’re Excellency JOC ( Joint Operation Command ) Commander Brigadier General, Taur Matan Ruak, 10 CommanderInspector Afonso de Jesus, 20 CommanderSubject : Occurrence chronology reportBased on above subject, Sub Inspector Fátima Motu Mali with Sub Inspector Fátima Mendonça addressed the occurrence chronology report in relation to third phase of PNTL operation fund payment that suffered
Take an educated guess. Which American institution (not counting the Government) employs the most lawyers? The insurance industry? Real estate? The automobile industry? The travel industry, which would include the air carriers as well as the plane manufacturers? All would be intelligent guesses, and all would be wrong. The answer is the "generic" pharmaceutical industry. The word, "generic," is us
Cross posted at Grizzly Groundswell
Charles Rangel may be the latest Democrat to be caught in the culture of corruption. It seems as though he has been living in and has a campaign headquarters set up in a rent controlled apartment. That is a no-no.
Rangelis renting four rent-stabilized apartments, one for his campaign office, all [...]
Here's the report from Philadelphia Daily News (via The Jawa Report):
A SORDID TANGLE of corruption, cash and sex rocked the Statehouse yesterday in a political scandal that left one current and one former legislator and 10 current and former staff members facing criminal charges.
Among the accusations leveled by two state grand juries: Former top legislative staffer Mike Manzo got his lover, a
Writes: David Ochami
President Kibaki has made new friends in a quiet shift of ideology — a move causing disquiet among Kenya’s traditional Western allies, The Standard can reveal.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and his newfound friends, (clockwise) Chinese President Hu jintao, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.
The exposure of a series of deals [...]
I have found the total of Gov. Richard Tauwhare's official statement of the formation of a British Commission of Inquiry into government corruption in Turks and Caicos. He begins,"I have today, Thursday 10th July 2008, appointed a Commission of Inquiry to inquire into whether there is information that corruption or other serious dishonesty in relation to past and present elected members of the Ho
From Michelle Malkin
It’s the top story in Pennsylvania. Twelve Democrat state leaders facing corruption charges in a massive scandal dubbed “Bonusgate.” If it were twelve Republican state leaders, I guarantee you would have heard all about it by now. Via the Philly Daily News:
A SORDID TANGLE of corruption, cash and sex rocked the Statehouse yesterday [...]
Read the article below, it is taken from HT epaper.
Incense seller begs outside court to ‘bribe’ cops.
He tried everything to get justice for his son. He pleaded to the police to take action but in return they asked him for Rs. 50, 000. So, in an effort to shake up the system and also [...]
Deuxième rapport d’évaluation de l’action du G8
Le G8 en retard
dans l'application de ses engagements anti-corruption
Transparency International (TI) publie son 2ème rapport d’évaluation sur l’action du G8 en matière de lutte contre la
corruption, fruit de la collaboration des sections
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8Size : 775 mbFormat : DivxTraklist :1.Control2.Wall Of Confinement3.Unchallenged Hate4.Life?5.The Kill6.Scum7.If The Truth Be Known8.Lucid Fairytale9.Malicious Intent10.Social Sterility11.Suffer The Children12.From Enslavement To Obliteration13.Dead14.Practice What Your Preach15.Mentally Murdered16.Extremity Retained17.Mind Snare18.Success?19.Rise Above20.Instinct Of S
An Alpine Township man at the center of an investigation into alleged Detroit City Hall corruption was working for a company that holds a $3 million sludge-hauling contract with the city of Grand Rapids, as well as contracts with other West Michigan communities.However, Grand Rapids city officials say they don't expect the Detroit case, which involves local developer James Rosendall Jr., to have a
As from yesterday Malaysia stock market technical charts, we are having a confirmed lower highs and lower lows in Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI). Malaysia has always been a net exporter of crude oil but recently has to raise its petrol and diesel prices by more than 40% and this causes unhappiness among the already angry citizens on the inability of the government to curb corruption and also
Based on a true story, “The Bank Job” is the story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery. When the British government learns that there are incriminating photos and the threat of blackmail keeping them from arresting a drug importer, Michael X, they secretly hire a group of criminals to break into the bank [...]
By Bobby Hill
A recent article in the Associated Press named two current U.S. Senators as having received sweetheart loans from Countrywide Lending in recent years. Countrywide Lending is one of many mortgage loan firms that are currently under investigation in connection with the massive housing crisis in the country. [...]
Chief of Party, Anti-Corruption and Public Sector ReformManagement Systems InternationalLocation: AlbaniaLast Date: July 26, 2008 Chief of Party, Anti-Corruption and Public Sector ReformAlbaniaCompany Profile: Management Systems International is an international development consulting firm based on the D.C. waterfront with offices around the globe. For over 25 years, MSI has worked to improve the
By Bobby Hill
A recent article in the Associated Press named two current U.S. Senators as having received sweetheart loans from Countrywide Lending in recent years. Countrywide Lending is one of many mortgage loan firms that are currently under investigation in connection with the massive housing crisis in the country. Apparently during the last few years, [...]
India is the 74th least corrupted country in the world. This result is based on the survey conducted by Transparency International which is a leading non-governmental organization addressing corruption.
This result is calculated based on Corruption Perceptions Index.
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index by means of which the levels of corruption in a country is [...]
Transparency International publie son Rapport mondial sur la corruption 2008
La corruption dans le secteur de
l'eau :
une menace ignorée pour
l’environnement et le développement durable.
Veuillez trouver ci-joint un communiqué de presse
Sign astir to Mafia Corruptness today to become a mobster wreaking your way through with the flagrants to become the sterling and most knock-down gangster in the Mafioso world-wide..You have the ability to atomic number 4 a leader and create your ain gang to push to the top or can adequately join gangs to serve work up an unstoppable empire. Collect cash, doses and buy weapons along the way of
une 18 (Bloomberg) -- Spanish police arrested 23 town hall officials, architects, lawyers and business people in Estepona in the Costa del Sol region on charges of corruption and money laundering.The arrests took place yesterday as 200 police officers searched 38 homes and businesses, according to a statement from Spain's Interior Ministry. Among those arrested was the town's Mayor, Antonio Barrie
Investigative journalist Fátima Monterrosa has received death threats after publishing an article exposing government corruption in Tlaxcala, Mexico for the magazine MX.Entitled “A Viceroyalty Named Tlaxcala” (“Un Virreynato llamado Tlaxcala” in Spanish), the article exposed an alleged series of financial investments made using public resources.In an interview with human rights organisati
Investigative journalist Fátima Monterrosa has received death threats after publishing an article exposing government corruption in Tlaxcala, Mexico for the magazine MX.Entitled “A Viceroyalty Named Tlaxcala” (“Un Virreynato llamado Tlaxcala” in Spanish), the article exposed an alleged series of financial investments made using public resources.In an interview with human rights organisati
Indonesia's Supreme Court has become the latest institution to come under the spotlight of the country's aggressive anti-corruption drive, a report said Wednesday.Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission confiscated documents from the court on Monday in search of evidence of embezzlement of administrative fees, the Jakarta Post reported."We are also going to check several Supreme C
Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell
The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Chris Dodd has been receiving preferential treatment on loans that he has taken out through Countrywide. You remember Countrywide don’t you? Countrywide is one of the “big bad predatory loan” companies that is now considered to be at the heart of the [...]
Another day, another Iranian thrown in jail for speaking out against the goverment. This time it was a government employee, who did his job, then talked. Big mistake in a Iran.
‘A BUNCH of turbaned thieves”: So a member of the Iranian General Audit Office described leading Islamic Republic figures in a speech two weeks ago. [...]
news corruption arrested pubblic
Perugia: just from yesterday, 8 persons are in prison, the others 35 person arrested in their homes,: the operation of the local Police of Perugia that, from the morning of June, 12 , has brought to the execution of 35 ordinances of custody to protect, signed by...
[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Windows XP most stable and wieldy used Microsoft operating system got It’s last service pace 3. However service pack 3 came up with several bugs. One of most annoying and frustrating bug is Endless Reboot of Windows XP after installing SP3 on AMD Machine and few day back news floated that Service pack 3 has [...]
INDONESIA'S attorney general has removed 25 district prosecutors for failing to meet the minimum annual target of three corruption cases, an official said on Thursday. A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said they had been stood down as part of a long-term drive to tackle chronic corruption. They are expected to undergo extensive retraining before being considered for
Rezko's guilty verdict on 16 of 24 corruption counts could have broad repercussions for Blagojevich, who made Rezko a central player in his cabinet. It could also prove a political liability for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, who once counted Rezko as a friend and fundraiser, as the likely Democratic presidential nominee heads into the general election...
President Medvedev made it clear in many of his early speeches as head of the nation that issues of corruption in government were high on his agenda of reform. The Kremilin is now focusing on the issue of corruption by posting xcerpts of letters written by ordinary citizens regarding encounters with corrupt officials. The Kremilin [...]
You'll recall my earlier story on registry corruption for certain users upgrading to Windows XP SP3. The cases of registry corruption seemed to have a common thread: Symantec security products. Originally Symantec blamed Microsoft, but in a post on a Symantec support forum, a senior manager with Symantec indicated the fault may indeed lie with Symantec's products.
Reese Anschultz said users of No
All systems go reports Jesli lapuz of the Department of Education assuring the high priestess errr the Garcified president of a smooth back to school opening to more than 20 million students. Normally in a perfect world we would have said congratulations for a job well done but this is not a normal perfect world at least not in the context of...
Philippine political & social events as seen from t
Beset by scandals surrounding the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to tighten the reins on anti-corruption and ethics investigations across his sprawling organization even while trying to keep those investigation results from the general public. The decision by Ban marks a major reversal of course from less than a year ago, when he
