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(Eagle News) A graft case and other criminal charges were filed against former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima before the Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday (September 14) . The charges were filed due to failure to collect P100 billion in taxes from Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC) from 2004 to 2009. Aquino and Purisima were charged with violation of Section 3(e) and 4 of Republic Act 3019 or […]
(Eagle News)–National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region X manager Julius Maquiling faces criminal charges for failing to declare his trucking business in his 2009 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). He was charged by the Office of the Ombudsman perjury and violation of Section 8(a) of Republic Act No. 6713, also known as The Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees. In a probe conducted by the Ombudsman, Maquiling is […]
(Eagle News)– Ombudsman Conchita Carpio has ordered a one year suspension for Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudicator Romeo Covarrubias due to immorality and unjustified absences. The results of an investigation conducted by Office of the Ombudsman revealed that Covarrubias mingled with another woman and even introduced her as his wife despite being married to his legal spouse. Covarrubias , who was stationed in DAR Davao Oriental, was also found to have reported for work […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng isampa ng Office of the Ombudsman sa Sandiganbayan ang kaso laban kay Vice President Jejomar Binay pagbaba nito sa puwesto sa June 30. Ayon kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, may nakita na silang sapat na batayan para kasuhan si Binay ng malversation, falsification at paglabag sa Anti-graft and Corrupt practices Act kaugnay ng kontrobersyal na di umano’y “overpriced” na Makati Carpark Building. Sinabi ni Morales na nananatiling nakabinbin sa kanilang tanggapan […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan fifth division issued an arrest warrant against Senator Jose “JV” Ejercito and five others for the graft case filed against them by the Office of the Ombudsman for the alleged illegal procurement of 2.1-million pesos worth of firearms. Also ordered arrested are the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) members of San Juan City, namely: City Administrator Ranulfo Dacalos, City Treasurer Rosalinda Marasigan, City Attorney Romualdo Delos Santos, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman recommended the dismissal of 19 officials of the Philippine National Police due to the anomalous buying of police coastal crafts. The investigation conducted by the Ombudsman revealed that said purchase did not pass through the right procedure. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MAKATI City, Philippines, June 30 (Eagle News) – Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr., filed a petition at the Court of Appeals asking for the issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the new suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 20 (Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman is expected to finish their investigation regarding the Mamasapano encounter by the end of this month. According to Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, the panel of investigators is ready to submit their report but probers still have get more details from the other officials who were involved in the January 25 bloody incident in Mamasapano Maguindanao. Morales added that they would study and identify […]
The Office of the Ombudsman enforced a nine-month suspension against Mayor Jose Mendoza of Atimonan, Quezon due to charges filed against him by some municipal employees.
The final report of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) on Mamasapano incident was finally submitted on March 13 by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief Police Director Benjamin Magalong to The first five sets of the final report, with each set consisting of 120 pages, were submitted by Magalong to Philippine National Police Officer-in-charge (PNP-OIC) Leonardo Espina. The compiled documents were named “The Mamasapano Report.” Before the turn over to PNP, the final […]
Malacañang denies that they are behind the decision to suspend Makati Mayor Junjun Binay and 15 other Makati City Hall officials. The Ombudsman had ordered Binay’s six-month suspension due to the issue of overpricing of Makati City Hall Building 2. Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said that the Palace will not meddle with the Ombudsman’s decision since the latter is an independent body. Lacierda added that it is the duty of the Ombudsman to investigate and […]
The Office of the Ombudsman ordered the six month preventive suspension of the police officer who is allegedly the mastermind of the killing of a businessman in Davao in 2013.
