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Gordon wants jail time for people behind Pharmally mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 10:55 AM

Former senator Richard Gordon on Saturday said he wants to see those implicated in the Pharmally corruption mess behind bars, after the Ombudsman moved to suspend some personalities in the scandal. Read more »

Ombudsman issues suspension orders over Pharmally mess

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 24 12:05 AM

The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the preventive suspension of 33 budget and health officials over the Pharmally mess. Read more »

Suspek sa pamamaril sa Ombudsman employee arestado

Reiniel Pawid, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 09:20 PM

Naaresto na ng mga awtoridad ang suspek sa pamamaril sa isang empleyado ng Office of the Ombudsman sa Barangay San Agustin, Novaliches, Quezon City Lunes ng umaga. Read more »

Ombudsman employee kritikal matapos barilin sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 12:18 AM

Isang empleyado ng Office of the Ombudsman ang pinagbabaril sa Quezon City nitong Miyerkoles ng umaga. Read more »

4 PEZA workers file Usurpation of Authority complaint vs OIC Tereso Panga

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 12:32 PM

Four Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) employees filed a complaint against Officer-in-Charge Tereso Panga for allegedly persecuting them for being supporters of former Director General Charito Plaza. Read more »

COA OKs investigation on Iloilo province’s P3.4-M X-ray procurement

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 02:51 PM

COA has recommended an Ombudsman investigation on Iloilo province’s P3.4 million X-ray procurement. Read more »

Antiporda faces harassment, other administrative complaints

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 09:50 PM

Suspended Philippine irrigation chief Benny Antiporda accuses his subordinates of using a smear campaign against him. Read more »

Nagreklamo kay Antiporda ipinaliwanag ang basehan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 08:11 PM

Humarap ang isa sa mga nagrereklamo laban kay National Irrigation Administration chief Benny Antiporda para ilahad ang basehan ng kanilang alegasyon. Read more »

Antiporda: NIA workers' complaint part of 'smear campaign'

Lady Vicencio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 05:00 PM

NIA head Antiporda claimed complaints from the agency's employees which led to his suspension were part of a 'smear campaign.' Read more »

NIA Administrator Antiporda suspended for 6 months

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 04:39 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has preventively suspended National Irrigation Authority Administrator Benny Antiporda for six months without pay. Read more »

Sandiganbayan dismisses forfeiture case vs late ex-CJ Corona, family

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 07:35 PM

The court said the Coronas have been saving funds since the early 1960s and they were able to explain the legality of their undisclosed assets. Read more »

ARTA to reach out to Ombudsman after abolition call: solon

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 09:21 PM

The ARTA will reach out to the Office of the Ombudsman following the latter's call on Congress to repeal the law creating it, a lawmaker said. Read more »

DBM cuts Ombudsman's proposed funding for 2023

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 04:56 PM

Under the law, the appropriations of the Ombudsman may not be reduced below the amount appropriated from the previous years. Read more »

Ombudsman ruling on De Lima bribery raps consistent with ours: DOJ

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 07:43 PM

The DOJ said Thursday there is no inconsistency between a recent Ombudsman ruling junking bribery raps against former Senator Leila de Lima and an earlier DOJ resolution involving the same incident. Read more »

Ombudsman junks bribery raps vs De Lima, Ronnie Dayan

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 09:45 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has junked bribery complaints against former senator Leila de Lima and her former bodyguard over an alleged P8 million bribe from self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa. Read more »

'Pastillas scam' respondents question graft raps

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 02:50 PM

The Sandiganbayan moved the arraignment of individuals tagged in the pastillas scam after they questioned graft charges filed by the Ombudsman. Read more »

Ombudsman orders dismissal of 45 BI officers, staff linked to 'pastillas scam'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 02:30 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal from service of 45 Bureau of Immigration officers and staff linked to the “pastillas scam” after they were found to be administratively liable for the illegal entry of foreign nationals to the Philippines from 2017 to 2020. Read more »

NTF-ELCAC's Badoy faces 2 more complaints from Ressa, NUPL

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 07:20 PM

Communications Usec. Lorraine Badoy is facing two more complaints, one from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa and another from the National Union of Peoples Lawyers. Read more »

NTF-ELCAC spox faces new complaints at Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 24 01:03 AM

Complaints were filed with the Office of the Ombudsman against Lorraine Badoy, spokesperson of the government's anti-communist task force. Read more »

Senate report sa 'pastillas scam' ipinadala na sa DOJ, Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 08:58 PM

Tinawag na "pastillas" ang scam dahil sa pamamaraan umano ng pagbibigay ng suhol kapalit ng ilegal na pagpapapasok ng mga banyaga. Read more »