Tag: betrayal of public trust

Office of the President sacks Deputy Ombudsman Carandang

(Eagle News)– The Office of the President has fired Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang. In its dismissal order signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, the OP said Carandang was guilty of graft and corruption, and betrayal of public trust, but dismissed the charges against Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman and members of the Ombudsman-Mindanao fact-finding team were dismissed for “lack of substantial evidence.” In finding Carandang guilty, the OP noted that in September 2017, Carandang […]

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No legal basis to impeach VP Leni Robredo – Liberal Party

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Liberal Party claims there is no legal basis to file an impeachment case against Vice President Leni Robredo. This was the reaction of the Liberal Party, after Speaker of the House of Representatives Pantaleon Alvarez threatened to file an impeachment case against Robredo for her act of sending  a video condemning alleged extra-judicial killings in the country to a United Nations forum. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who also […]

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Robredo betrayed public trust, shamed nation with video message: ex-Palace spokesperson

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo committed betrayal of public trust when she criticized the anti-drug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte in the international scene. This is according to former presidential spokesperson Gary Olivar, who was interviewed in the program “Liwanagin Natin.” Olivar added the video message  shown in a United Nations side event in Vienna, Austria will do more harm to the Philippines’ image. Olivar is the former deputy spokesperson of former President […]

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