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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 »

Police, interior chiefs face privacy raps over alleged teacher profiling

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 05:57 PM

Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año were among those charged before the Ombudsman for violating the Data Privacy Act. Read more »

Palace urges Ombudsman to fast-track Mamasapano cases

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 03:42 PM

Among former government and police officials facing charges over the botched police operation is former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. Read more »

Detained mayor tagged in AKO-Bicol solon's slay hospitalized

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 09:04 AM

A mayor accused of orchestrating the murder of AKO Bicol Party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe was rushed to the hospital, hours after he was arrested for illegal possession of firearms, police confirmed Wednesday. Read more »

Sandiganbayan refuses to junk graft case of Aurora governor

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 12:10 PM

The Sandiganbayan 6th Division refused to junk the graft case of Aurora Governor Gerardo Noveras who was charged by the Office of the Ombudsman last year for alleged irregularities in a road repair project in 2014. Read more »

Batocabe slay 'mastermind' faces administrative raps

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 05:13 PM

The Philippine National Police has filed an administrative complaint against a mayor who allegedly orchestrated the fatal shooting of AKO Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe. Read more »

Ombudsman: 'We have not seen any red flag' in Diokno-linked infra projects

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 09:04 PM

MANILA - Ombudsman Samuel Martires denied Thursday that his field investigators have noted “red flags” on supposed infrastructure contracts linked to the family of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, as House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. had alleged. Read more »

Ombudsman neither confirms nor denies Andaya’s claim of Diokno probe

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 04:35 PM

MANILA - Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Wednesday refused to confirm nor deny a supposedly ongoing investigation involving Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, as revealed by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya. Read more »

Ex-councilor faces further probe for ordering staff to work in a resto

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 05:36 PM

Last year, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales filed the graft case against Carillo for allegedly taking advantage of his government position in appointing Michael Abellana as Administrative Aide III to the city council. Read more »

Sandiganbayan says prosecution evidence 'sufficient' vs ex-Cebu mayor in graft case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 04:30 PM

MANILA - Citing strong prosecution evidence, the Sandiganbayan 6th Division has denied the motion that former Naga City, Cebu Mayor Valdemar Chiong filed seeking leave of court to lodge a demurrer to evidence in his graft case. Read more »

19 na sangkot umano sa bilyon-bilyong shabu shipment, pinaiimbestigahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 01:38 AM

Pinaiimbestigahan ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sa DOJ at sa Office of the Ombudsman ang 19 na dawit umano sa pagpapalusot ng 2 malaking shabu shipment sa bansa. Read more »

Mindanao dev't official faces graft case for bringing husband to work

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 08:46 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has filed a case against Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Finance and Administrative Services Director Charlita Escaño at the Sandiganbayan, for bringing her husband to a seminar in 2015. Read more »

Lacson urges Ombudsman to probe 'pork' insertions in 2019 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 08:11 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday urged the Office of the Ombudsman to look into billions of alleged insertions in the 2019 budget. Read more »

Enrile plunder trial starts rolling on February next year

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 04:34 PM

The Sandiganbayan 3rd Division has set the first day of plunder trial for former senator Juan Ponce Enrile on February 19, 2019 after a delay in the proceedings brought about by his motion for bill of particulars filed before the Supreme Court. Read more »

Ex-Ombudsman Morales says Revilla should be convicted of plunder

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 07:00 PM

Former Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. should be convicted of plunder, former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said Thursday. Read more »

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