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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 »

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 »