Eimor Santos, Newswatch Plus, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:30:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Eimor Santos, Newswatch Plus, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Escudero pushes to ban officials’ relatives as gov’t contractors https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2025/07/29/escudero-pushes-to-ban-officials-relatives-as-govt-contractors/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:26:28 +0000 https://www.newswatchplus.ph/?p= Metro Manila, Philippines – In response to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s strong condemnation of corruption in flood control projects, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero announced plans to file a bill prohibiting relatives of public officials from securing government contracts. “Maghahain kami ng panukalang batas na ang layunin ipagbawal ang sinumang mambabatas o opisyal ng pamahalaan,

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