All government workers, from the President to administrative aides, are now required to file a statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) based on “simpler” but more detailed forms intended “to maximize the SALN’s potential as a transparency and accountability tool,” Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chair Francisco Duque III said Friday.
The House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries on Tuesday formed a technical working group to focus on discussing proposed amendments to Republic Act 6426 or the Foreign Currency Deposit Act, which has been controversial in the impeachment trial on ousted chief justice Renato Corona.
The Senate impeachment court should “hold its ground” vis-à-vis the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court on the examination of the foreign currency deposits of Chief Justice Renato Corona, according to former Solicitor General Frank Chavez.
