The Senate should be commended for holding an incisive inquiry into the jueteng scandal to tag those who are part of the illegal numbers game network and at the same time clear the air for those unwittingly dragged into the huge controversy. [Read more...]

Lately, unfair insinuations are being made that rural banks are being used as conduits for money raised from the illegal numbers game jueteng, which is both false and impossible.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and various legislations meant to strengthen the local banking industry makes the use of rural banks as a laundering tool for illegal gambling money impossible. [Read more...]