Arroyo orders inquiry into Philippine kickbacks row
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal  Arroyo ordered an inquiry on Thursday into allegations of  government kickbacks in a deal with China's ZTE Corp, in which  her husband's name has figured.
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Influential Roman Catholic bishops in the Philippines on Sunday hit out at President Gloria Arroyo for shortening the jail time of a convicted child rapist, allegedly for political considerations.
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President Arroyo announced the filing of charges against six Abu Sayyaf members believed behind the SuperFerry bombing and the Dos Palmas kidnapping.
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President Arroyo has asked her economic managers to lay the groundwork for the declaration of an âunsustainable public deficitâ which will allow the national government
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 24 -- The prosecutor's office ordered police to launch a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's purchase of a Jerusalem home well below market value, the Justice Ministry said Monday.
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MANILA -- President Arroyo ordered Monday the police and the military to intensify the manhunt for two Abu Sayyaf leaders, Khaddafy Janjalani and Abu Soliman, being the masterminds in the Superferry 14 bombing last February.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo defended her anti-corruption credentials on Tuesday after a witness in a Senate probe into alleged kickbacks said she was at the centre of the country's graft problems.
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An internal investigation finds signs of money laundering by employees, including efforts to prevent seizure by investors after the Argentine government defaulted on bond payments.
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President Arroyo's bid to change the Philippines constitution comes under fire
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A major bank in Chile reported yesterday that U.S.  regulators are investigating whether its two branches in the United States have complied with anti-money-laundering laws.
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U.S. prosecutors have launched a far-reaching probe into possible public corruption involving development projects in suburban Washington, officials say.
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Prosecutors order a criminal investigation into allegations of perjury during the Tommy Sheridan defamation trial.
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President Arroyo, by ordering that a court martial try Army Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia on unexplained wealth charges, has put the entire Armed Forces of the Philippines on trial, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday.
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South Korea's president approved an independent probe of his successor Wednesday over financial fraud allegations that have cast a cloud over the incoming conservative's landslide election win.
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The Philippine parliament ousts its speaker amid accusations of corruption against President Arroyo.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 2 -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday ordered a "professional and neutral" investigation into the violence that killed more than 50 people at a religious festival last week.
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East Timor&#039;s top prosecutor ordered the ousted prime minister on Friday to submit to questioning about allegations that he distributed weapons to civilian militias.