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Alkalde sa Davao del Sur, suspendido ng 6 buwan

Andoreena Causon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 13 02:39 AM

Suspendido ng anim na buwan ang alkalde ng bayan ng Bansalan, Davao del Sur na si Quirina Sarte.   Read more »

Grieving poet-mother gets sliver of victory as Ombudsman orders dismissal of 'tokhang cop'

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 05:28 PM

Ombudsman Samuel R Martires has approved the dismissal from office and the filing of murder charges against a police officer accused of executing an epileptic youth on May 18, 2017. Read more »

Ex-Nabcor officials indicted over P95.5-M agri equipment purchase

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 05:56 PM

Former officials of the defunct National Agribusiness Corporation (NABCOR) are facing one count of graft for the allegedly anomalous procurement of agriculture equipment amounting to P95.5 million in 2007. Read more »

Ex-tourism chief faces graft complaint over P2.7-M calendar contract

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 03:44 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has filed a graft case against former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano for the conceptualization and development of wall calendars worth P2.7 million in 2008. Read more »

Ex-Ombudsman Morales denies politics behind ICC case vs China

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 07:15 PM

MANILA - Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Thursday denied any political motive behind the complaint filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more »

Duty Free employees ask Ombudsman to resolve complaint vs officials

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 04:23 PM

Employees of Duty Free Philippines Corporation have asked the Office of the Ombudsman to resolve the plunder, graft and administrative complaints they filed in 2017 as they have been receiving “retaliatory attacks” from the respondents, their current superiors. Read more »

Ombudsman urged to probe Duterte, other officials on adviser's alleged drug links

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 01:03 PM

MANILA - Opposition senatorial bets have urged Ombudsman Samuel Martires to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte and other administration officials in light of allegations of former police official Eduardo Acierto linking presidential adviser Michael Yang to illegal drugs.   Read more »

Ex-DA chief Alcala, traders face graft over garlic monopoly

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 12:31 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed a graft case against former Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala over the monopolization of garlic supply, which caused prices to soar in 2014. Read more »

Palace won't probe Sandra Cam, leaves graft case up to Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 02:19 PM

Malacañang on Monday said it will not investigate Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam, who was accused of graft before the Office of the Ombudsman.  Read more »

Sandra Cam confirms owning land, resort; denies assets worth P500 million

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 12:53 PM

PCSO board member Sandra Cam confirmed Monday that she owns several properties in her home province of Masbate, including a resort for manta ray diving, but denied that her assets are worth half a billion pesos.  Read more »

Ombudsman urged to probe Sandra Cam’s P500-million resort, properties

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 22 08:14 PM

MANILA - A private citizen has requested the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate the properties of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam supposedly worth a total of P500 million. Read more »

CA affirms junking of administrative charges vs Junjun Binay over city hall project

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 07:42 PM

MANILA - The Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of administrative charges against former Makati City Mayor Junjun Binay over the allegedly anomalous construction of the P2.28-billion Makati City Hall Building II project.   Read more »

Mayor faces complaint for 'unknown' US trip revealed through FB posts

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 11 06:26 PM

San Pascual, Batangas Mayor Roanna Conti is facing a complaint for grave misconduct and gross ignorance of the law before the Office of the Ombudsman for a trip she supposedly took late last year without the knowledge of the municipal council. Read more »

Ombudsman suspends Guiuan mayor over alleged post-Yolanda rehab fund misuse

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 04:44 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has preventively suspended the mayor of Guiuan town, Eastern Samar for 6 months as he faced investigation over alleged misuse of funds for rehabilitation efforts following devastation due to Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. Read more »

Basura sa beach sa Batangas, inireklamo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 11:45 PM

Nagsagawa na ng inspeksiyon ang Environmental Management Bureau sa Masasa Beach at natuklasan ang mga nagkalat na basura. Read more »

Revilla camp insists he shouldn't return P124.5 million to gov’t

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 06:15 PM

Former senator Bong Revilla's lawyers said his acquittal from his P224-million plunder case arising from the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam meant that he is not civilly liable to return P124.5 million to the National Treasury. Read more »

Ombudsman disposition, conviction rates dip in 2018

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 04:00 PM

The wheels of justice at the Office of the Ombudsman moved slower in 2018 than in 2017.  Read more »

Cases filed by Ombudsman at Sandiganbayan drops by 71 percent

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 04 01:19 PM

The number of cases filed by the Office of the Ombudsman before the Sandiganbayan dropped by 71 percent from 2017 to 2018 in the latest Statistics on Cases released by the anti-graft court. Read more »

5 opisyal ng DSWD, kongresista nahaharap sa reklamong plunder, graft

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 08:50 PM

Ang reklamong plunder at graft ay kaugnay ng 1.1 milyong 'overpriced' family food packs na ipinamigay sa mga evacuees sa giyera noon sa Marawi City. Read more »

Former CAAP exec faces graft over gas purchase for private van

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 03:47 PM

A former official of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has been charged with one count of graft at the Sandiganbayan for allegedly using government funds to load his private van with gasoline. Read more »