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Ombudsman sarado hanggang Jan. 19 dahil sa COVID spike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 03:36 PM

Sa isang memorandum nitong Linggo at pirmado ni Ombudsman Samuel Martires, inanunsyo na pansamantalang sarado ang lahat ng mga opisina nito hanggang sa Jan. 19, 2022. Read more »

Senate bets flag Ombudsman-led push to 'defang' SALN law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 05:10 PM

Senate aspirants Chel Diokno and Teddy Baguilat criticize Ombudsman Samuel Martires for pushing amendments to the SALN law. Read more »

What Ombudsman's proposal may mean on reporting about SALNs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 07:47 AM

Reporting on government officials' SALNs will be risky if Ombudsman Samuel Martires' proposal comes to fruition, the NUJP chairman said. Read more »

Ombudsman proposal: Exclude family transactions from SALN

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 02:29 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires is seeking the exclusion of transactions between members of a family from the declaration of the SALN. Read more »

Ombudsman’s draft bill to amend SALN law raises more red flags

Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at Oct 18 06:50 PM

The PCIJ obtained a copy of the Ombudsman’s proposals to amend the law requiring public officials to disclose their wealth. Read more »

Biz groups say public has right to comment on SALN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 02:39 PM

Criminalizing commentaries on the SALNs of public officials violates the Constitutional provision on freedom of speech, several business groups said. Read more »

Robredo finds jail proposal over commentaries on SALN ‘unbelievable’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 05:50 PM

The proposal of Ombudsman Samuel Martires to jail those publicly commenting on officials’ SALN is 'unbelievable' and contrary to its mandate to fight corruption, Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday. Read more »

Ombudsman nangatwiran sa di paglalabas ng SALN ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 08:29 PM

Maraming mga abogado ang kumontra sa posisyon ng Ombudsman tungkol sa di paglalabas ng SALN ng mga opisyal. Read more »

Ombudsman's proposal: Jail those making public commentaries on SALNs

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 03:53 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires said he wants the laws on the release of SALN of government personnel reconciled, proposing jail time for those who make public comments on the said document. Read more »

Lawyer seeks remedies after failure to get Duterte SALN

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 10:18 AM

A lawyer who was given the run-around in his attempt to get copies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s SALN is now looking at legal remedies after his request for a copy of it was eventually denied. Read more »

Lawyer given run-around in bid to secure Duterte’s SALN

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 08:28 PM

A lawyer failed to secure President Rodrigo Duterte's statements of assets, liabilities and net worth. Read more »

Ombudsman: 'We respect' Bong Revilla's acquittal in 'pork' cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 08 03:26 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday said it would no longer appeal the decision of Sandiganbayan to clear Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. of his criminal cases in relation to the anomalous Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam. Read more »

Abaya, ex-transport officials cleared of graft, plunder over MRT-3 maintenance contract

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 03:17 PM

The Ombudsman stressed in the resolution that the problems which hounded the MRT-3 railway operations appeared to be in the implementation stage which involved issues absent during the screening, negotiation and bidding processes.   Read more »

Ombudsman open to reviving resident ombudsman post in gov’t offices

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 07:50 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Tuesday said he is open to the proposal of reviving the assignment of a resident ombudsman in government offices as a form of another anti-corruption measure in the government. Read more »

8 PhilHealth execs suspended for 6 months over reimbursement funds mess

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 08:25 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman issued Wednesday a 6-month preventive suspension order against 8 officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) over their involvement in the allegedly anomalous implementation of the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM).  Read more »

Ombudsman suspends 44 Immigration employees tagged in 'pastillas scheme'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 27 09:40 PM

(UPDATED) — Ombudsman Samuel Martires ordered Tuesday the 6-month preventive suspension of 44 Bureau of Immigration (BI) employees allegedly involved in the "pastillas scheme." Read more »

Ex-Ombudsman Carpio Morales rejects abolishing anti-graft body

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 10:52 AM

Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said Sunday a Constitutional amendment is needed should the country's anti-graft body be abolished. Read more »

'Maling mali': Robredo hits Ombudsman for limiting access to gov't officials' SALN

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 04:39 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday limiting the public's access to government officials' declaration of wealth gives them the "license" to hide their riches. Read more »

Ombudsman stops lifestyle checks on gov't officials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 10:21 PM

After restricting public access to officials' statements of assets. liabilities and net worth, the Ombudsman revealed he has stopped the lifestyle checks on government officials as well. Read more »

No coordination between Ombudsman, PCGG on Marcos ill-gotten wealth cases: Martires

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 08:27 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires admitted to the House Appropriations Committee today that there is no coordination between his office and the Presidential Commission on Good Government regarding the ill gotten wealth cases against the family of dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »