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FILE PHOTO: The crest of the United States Department of Justice DOJ is seen at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., US, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew KellyWashington, United States mdash;A former Bolivian cabinet minister pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to launder bribes from a Florida-based company, the US Department of Justice said.Arturo Murillo, 58, received at least $532,000 in bribe payments from the company in exchange for helping it win a $5.6 million contract to provide tear gas and other non-lethal equipment to the Bolivian def stanley mug ense ministry, the Justice Department said.Article continues after this advertisement Murillo served as interior minister in the interim right-wing government of Jeanine Anez, who took over Boliviarsquo government in 2019 after the ouster of Evo Morales, Boliviarsquo first indigenous president, amid street protests.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFODENR to evict developerof Masungi GeoreserveNEWSINFOFormer VP Leni Robredo visits MMDA command centerNEWSINFOM stanley cup uk agnitude stanley cup 4 quake jolts Catanduanes, magnitude 3.5 tremor shakes SorsogonFour co-conspirators joined Murillo in laundering the bribe money through US banks, including one in Miami where Murillo received $130,000 in cash payments, the Justice Department said.Murillo faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.Article continues after this advertisement The four co-conspirators, Sergio Rodrigo Mendez, Luis Berkman, Bryan Berkman and Philip Lichtenfeld, pleaded guilty last year to their Gwtq Four takeaways from Biden s first State of the Union speech
MANILA stanley cup , Philippines mdash; A farmersrsquo; group on Friday requested government to provide a P414.5-billion aid for agricultural workers reeling from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the sector.During a joint Senate committee on finan kubki stanley ce and economic affairs, Danilo Ramos, chairperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas KMP , said that P15,000 production subsidy should be allocated to each of the 9.7 million local farmers, agricultural workers, and fisherfolk in the country, which will amount to P145.5 billion.Aside from this, he also asked government to provide P10,000 monthly aid for each worker in the agriculture sector, which will amount to P194 billion for two months.Article continues after this advertisement A P25,000-loan should likewise be allocated to the more marginalized 3 million rice farmers, fishermen, a gourde stanley nd agricultural workers, which will total to P75 million.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOOn PhilHealth, education, lsquo;blanksrsquo;: OSG answers Duterte camp petitionNEWSINFOBinay, Castro raise concerns over DENR order on Masungi GeoreserveNEWSINFO4 areas to experience extreme caution heat index Sunday ndash; PagasaLahat-lahat po ay P414.5 billion, na tingin po namin makikinabang po ang mayorya. Halos makikinabang po ang halos 70 to 75 percent na nakatira po sa kanayunan All in all, the amount will be P414.5 billion which we believe will benefitthe majority. Almost 70 to 75 percent of people living in the countryside will benefit from th |
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