6,140 state officials fraudulently scored R41m from Covid-19 relief scheme: SIU

6,140 state officials fraudulently scored R41m from Covid-19 relief scheme: SIU

More than 6,000 government officials fraudulently benefited to the tune of R41m from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) benefit, parliament heard on Wednesday. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) that a total of just more than R41m was claimed by 6,140 government officials from…

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‘Hot money’ outflows surge to 4-month high

‘Hot money’ outflows surge to 4-month high

Foreign portfolio investments that left the country soared to its highest level in four months in September, partly on account of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Data from the central bank showed on Thursday that net outflows of these investments, or “hot money” — so named…

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