Sunday, March 20, 2016

Election year

There is an election coming up here.

Spotted soldiers this morning.

the murders have begun.

Our cook announced the going rate to vote for the mayor is 2000 pesos...ditto for president.

Either I misunderstood her, or there has been inflation, since the going rate is traditionally 500 pesos (10 dollars)
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the big story is the 180 million dollars stolen from Bengladesh and laundered via a bank here.

Atty. Ramon Esguerra, counsel of businessman William Go, holds a press conference in Makati City. RAFFY LERMA/PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER
Atty. Ramon Esguerra, counsel of businessman William Go, holds a press conference in Makati City. RAFFY LERMA/PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER
The lawyer of businessman William Go on Friday said they are looking into filing charges against the branch manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) on Jupiter Street, Makati City after his client was dragged into a suspected money-laundering scheme.
Atty. Ramon Esguerra said this during an interview over the ABS-CBN News Channel.
Go, owner of Centurytex, is one of the six people who are being investigated for a cross-border electronic fraud and money-laundering scheme.
He reportedly owns an RCBC account that was used by an international syndicate to move money stolen by hackers from the US account of the Bank of Bangladesh.


Read more: http://business.inquirer.net/208354/dragged-in-money-laundering-probe-wiliam-go-mulls-suing-rcbc-branch-head#ixzz43PMmKNd5
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