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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 »

House lawmakers junk impeachment raps vs SC's Leonen

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 07:56 PM

On May 27, members of the House justice committee found that Edwin Cordevilla, secretary-general of the Filipino League of Advocates for Good Government, lacked personal knowledge and authentic documents for his complaint. Read more »

Palace: Duterte filed SALN, get copy from Ombudsman

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 06:47 PM

The release of President Rodrigo Duterte's SALN rests on the Office of the Ombudsman, Malacañang told Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

SC junks petition challenging Ombudsman’s SALN restrictions

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 11:14 AM

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition questioning Ombudsman Samuel Martires' memorandum circular limiting access to statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of public officials. Read more »

Robredo’s net worth rose to P11.9 million in 2020 from P3.5 million in 2019

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 09:44 PM

Robredo explained that there was an increase in her assets after her mother’s death as her siblings are already based abroad and she is the only one left in the Philippines. Read more »

VP Robredo says rise in 2020 net worth due to late mother's estate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 11:52 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said her declared wealth for 2020 increased due to properties that her mother left when she passed away last year. Read more »

House panel approves report junking Leonen impeachment complaint

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 05:14 PM

MANILA — Members of the House of Representatives' justice panel on Thursday unanimously voted to approve the committee report junking the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. Read more »

Weaponized SALNs vs justices? Former SC justice says 'just file SALNs or don't join gov't'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 05:22 PM

Amid concerns that statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) are now being weaponized to go after Supreme Court justices, the filing of SALNs is a constitutional requirement every public official must comply with, a retired magistrate said Monday.   Read more »

Ex-justice Jardeleza: Why should a Supreme Court justice be above the law?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:48 PM

Retired magistrate Francis Jardeleza said this Monday following reports that a House panel would tackle this week the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen for the latter's supposed failure to file his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). Read more »

'To protect our members': Access to solons' SALNs by request, says Speaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 07:43 PM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Thursday said interested parties who want access to lawmaker's wealth report should write to their special committee, a safeguard to "protect" their members from political persecution. Read more »

CSC extends deadline for filing of SALN until May 30

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 08:24 PM

Government officials and employees now have until May 30 to file their 2020 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). Read more »

SC grants retirement benefits to the late CJ Corona; warns vs weaponizing SALNs

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 03:32 PM

The Supreme Court has unanimously granted the plea of the wife of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona for retirement benefits, other allowances and survivorship benefits, in a ruling where the high court warned against the consequences of impeachment and weaponizing of statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).   Read more »

CA bypasses appointment of Davao poll veteran as Comelec commissioner

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 03:16 PM

The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday deferred the appointment of Davao del Norte provincial election supervisor Aimee Ferolino Ampoloquio as a commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) until she could submit documents and answer questions about her husband's assets. Read more »

Grounds for impeachment vs Leonen 'wobbly,' ex-chief justice says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 10:23 AM

The impeachment complaint filed against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen is unlikely to pass because its grounds are "wobbly," former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban said Wednesday.   Read more »

DOTr orders officials to submit SALN to anti-corruption task force

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 11:58 AM

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Sunday it has ordered all of its officials to submit their declaration of wealth to the justice department's "task force" against corruption. 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 »

Cusi dethrones Villar as richest Cabinet member; restrictions to full SALN disclosure formalized in nearly all branches

Bethina Farin, Dave Abuel, and Che de los Reyes, ABS-CBN Investigative & Research Group
Updated as of Nov 06 11:03 PM

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has dethroned Public Works Secretary Mark Villar as the richest member of the Duterte cabinet in 2019.  Read more »

The net worth of Duterte's Cabinet members

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Posted at Nov 05 12:07 AM

Who's the richest and poorest member of President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet? Find out in this infographic. 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 »