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De Lima to Ombudsman: Ask Guevarra, not me, about GCTA rules

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 03:58 PM

MANILA - Detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Tuesday told the Office of the Ombudsman to ask Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, not her, about the implementing rules and regulations of a controversial law which expanded the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) for prisoners. Read more »

Ombudsman wants De Lima, Roxas to clarify GCTA rules for convicts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 07:56 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) — The Office of the Ombudsman has asked Sen. Leila de Lima and former Interior secretary Mar Roxas to clarify the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) that they drafted for the early release of prisoners based on good conduct credits. Read more »

Ombudsman suspends 27 BuCor officials, personnel over release of heinous crime convicts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 09 10:41 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Office of the Ombudsman on Monday suspended for six months, without pay, 27 officials and personnel of the Bureau of Corrections for gross misconduct and gross neglect of duty over the release of heinous crime convicts under the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. Read more »

Ombudsman prioritizing probe on early release of heinous crime convicts

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 05:59 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has started receiving “raw data” and other documents for its “exhaustive” investigation on the controversial early release of nearly 2,000 heinous-crime convicts under the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. Read more »

Ex-Philpost chief charged with graft for irregular appointment of subordinate

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 12:45 PM

Former Philippine Postal Corporation postmaster general Josefina Dela Cruz was charged by the Office of the Ombudsman with graft for appointing an unqualified individual to a director position within the agency in 2011. Read more »

Ombudsman confirms corruption probe on PAO's Acosta, Erfe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 08:21 PM

MANILA - Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Friday confirmed that his office was investigating allegations of corruption against Public Attorney's Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta and the agency's forensics chief Erwin Erfe.  Read more »

Ombudsman admits office "cannot stop" corruption in government

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 09:11 PM

MANILA - Ombudsman Samuel Martires admitted Thursday his office can "never" stop corruption in the government in response to President Rodrigo Duterte's question during last Monday's State of the Nation Address(SONA). Read more »

Ombudsman Martires declares P57.064 million net worth, zero liabilities

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 02:34 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires declared his net worth at P57.064 million in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth as of December 31, 2018. Read more »

Palace won't touch Ombudsman withdrawal of graft, usurpation raps vs Aquino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 05:53 PM

Malacañang would not interfere with the Ombudsman's decision to withdraw graft and usurpation charges against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the 2015 Mamasapano massacre, a Palace official said Saturday. Read more »

Ombudsman implements Palace dismissal order vs Carandang

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 05:51 PM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires has implemented the dismissal order of Malacanang against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang, according to sources from the Office of the Ombudsman. Read more »

Grieving poet-mother gets sliver of victory as Ombudsman orders dismissal of 'tokhang cop'

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 05:28 PM

Ombudsman Samuel R Martires has approved the dismissal from office and the filing of murder charges against a police officer accused of executing an epileptic youth on May 18, 2017. Read more »

Ombudsman urged to probe Duterte, other officials on adviser's alleged drug links

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 01:03 PM

MANILA - Opposition senatorial bets have urged Ombudsman Samuel Martires to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte and other administration officials in light of allegations of former police official Eduardo Acierto linking presidential adviser Michael Yang to illegal drugs.   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 »

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 »

Catbalogan mayor, local officials suspended as Ombudsman investigates land purchase case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 07:10 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended Catbalogan City Mayor Stephany Tan and other municipal officials for six months as investigations against them on the irregular purchase of private land and leasing of the city public market are on-going. Read more »

Ombudsman files complaint vs lawyer who accused gov't prosecutors of corruption

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:52 AM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Tuesday filed a complaint at the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against lawyer Edna Batacan for alleged violation of the Ombudsman Act as well as corruption of public officials.    Read more »

Ombudsman Martires files first case at Sandiganbayan vs Batangas town mayor

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 06:29 PM

Malvar, Batangas Mayor Cristeta Reyes was charged by Ombudsman Samuel Martires of graft for the sale of a 5,000 square meter lot owned by her children to the municipal government in 2009. Read more »

Ombudsman won't stop probe vs Mocha Uson

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 05 07:43 AM

Ombudsman Samuel Martires said Wednesday his office will continue with its investigation concerning former Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson even after her resignation from office. Read more »