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Carpio Morales tutol sa panukalang pagbuwag sa Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 05:27 PM

Tutol si dating Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales na buwagin ang kaniyang dating opisina. Read more »

Lack of witnesses no reason to abolish Ombudsman's Office: IBP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 02:17 PM

MANILA - The lack witnesses to testify against corruption in government is not enough reason to abolish the Office of the Ombudsman, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) said on Wednesday.   Read more »

Abolishing Ombudsman office will open floodgates to corruption: Morales

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 02:21 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Abolishing the Office of the Ombudsman will open the floodgates to more corruption, former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales warned Wednesday, alleging as well that the current chief graftbuster's policy is to dismiss complaints. Read more »

Ombudsman urged to provide proposals to strengthen anti-graft law

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Updated as of Sep 23 11:28 AM

Sen. Franklin Drilon said Wednesday he would like specific proposals from the Ombudsman in strengthening the country's anti-graft law after the latter limited public access to government officials' declaration of wealth. Read more »

Ombudsman order limiting SALN access 'putting blinders' on public: Chel Diokno

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Updated as of Sep 23 11:29 AM

An Ombudsman order limiting public access to government officials' declaration of wealth puts blinders on the public, lawyer Chel Diokno said Wednesday. Read more »

Ombudsman stops lifestyle checks on gov't officials

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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 »

Too many high-paying posts? Ombudsman told to fix workforce imbalance

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 05:25 PM

MANILA — The Commission on Audit (COA) has told the Office of the Ombudsman to improve its workforce and organizational structure by filling up the agency's low and mid-level positions instead of just focusing on high-ranking officials. Read more »

Ombudsman minaliit ang halaga ng SALN sa laban kontra katiwaliaan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 08:09 PM

Nauna nang sinabi ng Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism na mahalaga ang naging papel ng SALNs sa pag-imbestiga sa mga nakaraang presidente. Dagdag nila, trabaho ng Ombudsman na protektahan ang taumbayan at hindi mga opisyal ng gobyerno. Read more »

Ombudsman: SALN unnecessary in corruption probe, can be weaponized vs officials

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Posted at Sep 22 03:19 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman said Tuesday it did not need officials' declaration of wealth to investigate them for corruption and the document could be weaponized against them.    Read more »

'I-abolish na lang ang Ombudsman': Chief laments lack of witnesses vs corrupt officials

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Posted at Sep 22 02:34 PM

A shortage of witnesses against corrupt officials has stumped investigations by the Office of the Ombudsman, its chief said Tuesday, as he floated the idea of abolishing the body.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit marami ang nababahala sa mas pinahigpit na pagsilip sa SALN

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 09:21 PM

Nababahal ang ilan sa paghihigpit ng Ombudsman sa SALN at sa epekto nito sa karapatang makakuha ng impormasyon sa gobyerno. Read more »

Restriction of public access to SALNs unconstitutional: ex-senator

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 09:54 AM

The Office of the Ombudsman's limitation of public access to government officials' Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) is unconstitutional and violative of the law, a former senator said Thursday. Read more »

Limited access to gov't officials' SALNs alarms FOI law advocates

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Posted at Sep 16 11:09 PM

Advocates of freedom of information in the Philippines sound the alarm over the government's move to restrict public access to the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) of government officials. Read more »

Paghihigpit sa pagkuha ng SALN walang basehan, ayon sa access advocate group

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Posted at Sep 16 03:14 PM

Inalmahan ng isang grupo ang paglimita ng Office of the Ombudsman sa public access sa Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) ng mga opisyal ng pamahalaan at sinabing wala umano itong basehan.   Read more »

Pagbusisi sa yaman ng mga opisyal mas pahirapan dahil sa limitasyon sa SALN

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Posted at Sep 15 07:39 PM

Maaalalang ilang public official na ang napatalsik o nakasuhan dahil sa nasilip na hindi tugmang yaman ng mga ito sa kanilang SALN. Read more »

Ombudsman limits access to public officials' SALNs

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 05:11 PM

MANILA (UPDATE)— The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday limited public access to Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) of government officials, allowing release only for official investigations, by court order, or upon authority from officials themselves.  Read more »

Liable for 'negligence': Why task force recommended filing raps vs PhilHealth officers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 01:48 PM

Negligence on the part of several key officers of state-run PhilHealth gave rise to both administrative and criminal liability, the task force led by the Department of Justice has found, releasing a more detailed press statement to the media on Tuesday.  Read more »

Ombudsman seeks restoration of P1B in 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 10:17 PM

The Office of the Ombudsman on Monday sought for the reinstatement for its full 2021 funding after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) slashed P1 billion from its spending proposal. Read more »

COA told to file case vs Budget dept over withholding P173-M fund

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 14 05:09 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Monday urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to file a case against the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) after it withheld the release of the state auditor's P173 million funding for capital outlay. Read more »