Bugallon Mayor Rodrigo Orduña, the man who blew the whistle on the alleged involvement of Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino Jr. in jueteng operations in the province, reported for work in his town on Monday, this time with security aides monitoring his movements following his exposé last week.
Malacañang on Monday pressed a whistleblower to back up his charges that former First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, former Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Philippine National Police chiefs took jueteng payoffs with hard evidence.
A Malacañang aide said Saturday the Aquino government was ready to extend assistance to whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing in government, a day after Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales vowed to catch errant “big fish lurking in government offices.”
WASHINGTON — Four decades ago, a young defense analyst leaked a top-secret study packed with damaging revelations about U.S. conduct of the Vietnam War. On Monday, that study, dubbed the Pentagon Papers, finally came out in complete form. It is a touchstone for whistleblowers everywhere and just the sort of leak that gives presidents fits [...]
