Anti-Corruption
ICC charges West Indies player and two officials with anti-corruption breaches
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The International Cricket Council has charged West Indies cricketer Javon Searles and two team officials, Chitranjan Rathod and Trevon Griffith, with multiple breaches of anti-corruption codes related to the 2023/24 Bim10 Tournament. All three have been provisionally suspended from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. They have 14 days from March 11, 2026, to respond to the charges.
Five individuals face charges from Ethiopia's Federal Anti-Corruption Commission for fraudulently receiving over 6 million birr in a digital land certificate issuance scam at Addis Ababa Land Development Bureau. The charges under Article 4 were filed at the Federal High Court Lideta Division 5.
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Building on DOH's recent push to route MAIFIP funds directly to LGUs and bicameral budget safeguards, the Senate has urged the Department of Health to fully eliminate guarantee letters in the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients program for the 2026 budget. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian emphasized that DOH can act via guidelines without legislation, aiming to depoliticize aid. Anti-corruption watchdogs say the letters foster patronage politics.