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Media orgs file raps vs anti-communist body over of red tagging

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 04:19 PM

Alternative media groups on Friday filed graft and administrative raps before the Office of the Ombudsman against 3 officials of the government's anti-insurgency task force. Read more »

Quezon solon faces raps over P56-M in 'unliquidated funds' during gubernatorial tenure

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 09:25 PM

(UPDATE) — Quezon Rep. David Suarez was charged with a graft complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged unliquidated cash advances totaling P56.143 million from 2013 to 2018 during his tenure at the provincial capitol. Read more »

‘Red-tagged’ lawyers hit back, ask for dismissal of Esperon, Parlade, Badoy

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 06:59 PM

Lawyers who have been linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) are pushing back and going after government officials making the allegations.   Read more »

Security officials na pasimuno umano ng red-tagging inireklamo sa Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 09:38 PM

Pinaaalisan ng pondo o pinapa-abolish ang NTF-ELCAC dahil sa ilegal umanong pag-aresto at pagpatay ng mga aktibista.  Read more »

Rights group impleads admin officials before Ombudsman over red tagging vs activists

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 06:37 PM

MANILA — Rights group Karapatan on Friday filed a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and other administration officials over their alleged red tagging of activists. Read more »

‘Ridiculous’: De Lima appeals Ombudsman's junking of her raps vs Guevarra

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 05:28 PM

Detained Sen. Leila De Lima on Saturday appealed the Office of the Ombudsman’s decision which dismissed her complaint against Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra for allegedly violating the law on using criminal convicts as state witnesses.    Read more »

Di bababa sa 12 kongresista 'pinagkakakitaan' ang DPWH projects: PACC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 08:59 PM

Di bababa sa 12 kongresista ang dawit umano sa katiwalian sa mga proyekto ng Department of Public Works and Highways.  Read more »

Ombudsman 'right body' to probe alleged corrupt solons: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 12:31 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman should be the one to investigate 12 alleged corrupt lawmakers, a congressman said Wednesday. 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 »

Will Duterte let public see his SALN? Ask Ombudsman for copy, says spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 03:00 PM

Those who want to get a copy of President Rodrigo Duterte's disclosure of his wealth should ask the Office of the Ombudsman, his spokesman said Monday, even as the agency issued access restrictions to the document in its custody.   Read more »

No 'conscious effort' to conceal Duterte wealth: Palace

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 12:04 PM

There is no "conscious effort to conceal" President Rodrigo Duterte's wealth, his spokesman said Wednesday. Read more »

'Saka na natin pag-usapan': Palace shrugs off query on Duterte SALN

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 03:53 PM

Malacañang on Monday brushed off a query on whether or not President Rodrigo Duterte would disclose his wealth and get around Ombudsman restrictions.    Read more »

Ombudsman Martires welcomes Duterte-backed 'mega task force' vs corruption

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 07:00 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires, however, asserted that any findings of the DOJ-led mega task force would still be evaluated by his office.  Read more »

DPWH regional exec faces complaint for 'throwing cash in the air' at a party

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 06:29 PM

In the complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman, Lopez, Quezon councilor Arkie Manuel Yulde accused DPWH Region 1 director Ronnel Tan of giving away cash worth P2 to 3 million at a party hosted by him and his solon wife in Quezon.  Read more »

Will Duterte release SALN? Spokesman says he will ask

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 10:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said Thursday if the leader would be willing to disclose his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth, after the Office of the Ombudsman restricted access to the wealth declaration of officials.  Read more »

Strengthen Ombudsman in fight vs corruption – analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 29 10:11 AM

Legislators must pass a law to further strengthen the Ombudsman, a governance expert said Thursday, as a long-term solution in the country’s fight against systemic corruption. Read more »

Ombudsman issues 6-month preventive suspension vs 8 PhilHealth officials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 10:47 PM

The Ombudsman issued a 6-month suspension order against 8 high-ranking officials at state insurer PhilHealth, which has been linked to corrupt practices. 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 »

Ex-Justices Carpio, Morales to SC: Issue TRO vs anti-terror law now

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 04:38 PM

MANILA - Retired Supreme Court justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio Morales and other legal luminaries from the University of the Philippines have urged the Supreme Court to resolve their plea for issuance of a temporary restraining order or similar relief to immediately stop implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) now that the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) have been issued. Read more »

Ombudsman junks raps vs cops, soldiers for Davao journo's 'mistaken identity' arrest

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 03:52 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman has junked the complaints filed by a Davao-based journalist against several police and military officers who illegally arrested her last year over a mistaken identity.  Read more »