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(Eagle News) — Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario was held upon his arrival in Hong Kong on Friday, June 21, Consul-General Antonio Morales said. “Para po siyang ordinary traveler, kaya lang po ang immigration parang nagtatagal. Hindi pa po tinatatakan ang kanyang passport,” Morales said in an interview over radio dzbb. According to Morales, he had written Hong Kong immigration about Rosario’s arrival, and asked it to give him “consideration.” He said Hong […]
(Eagle News)–Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales is back in the country after she was held by immigration authorities at a Hong Kong airport on Tuesday, May 21. Morales arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2 around 10 p.m., hours after her ordeal. She was supposed to go on vacation with her family in the special administrative region of China, but decided to return to the Philippines after she was held for supposedly being a […]
(Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Monday, July 9, said lawyer Edna Batacan was “digging her own grave” in her Judicial and Bar Council interview. “She was digging her own grave because she said she was a victim, she was participant to a payoff so I said if you’re party to corruption, you are corrupt yourself,” Morales said in a television interview. She was apparently making reference to Batacan’s admission she was a party […]
(Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said they were investigating officials sacked by President Rodrigo Duterte over corruption. In a television interview aired on Monday, June 11, Morales said among those being investigated was former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo. Teo resigned after the Commission on Audit red-flagged the DOT’s placement of P60 million worth of advertisements in a PTV blocktimer program produced by her brother, Ben Tulfo. The program was also co-hosted by her other […]
(Eagle News) — Nilinaw ng Malacañang na naka-depende pa rin sa shortlist ng Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) ang susunod na Ombudsman kapalit ng magreretirong si Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, hihintayin ng Malacañang ang shortlist ng JBC kung saan dito pipili si Pangulong Duterte. Kabilang sa mga nag-apply sa JBC bilang Ombudsman sina Edna Batacan, Rex Rico, Rey Ifurung, Felito Ramirez, Rainier Madrid, Judge Carlos Espero Ii, Special Prosecutor Edilberto […]
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is now accepting applications for the successor of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, who will retire on July 26. Edgar Ancheta, JBC Clerk of Court and ex officio secretary, said they were also accepting applications for the post of Supreme Court Associate Justice Presbiterio Velasco Jr., who will retire on August 8. He said the applications and recommendations for the two positions will be received by the JBC on May 2, […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday slammed House Deputy Speaker Gwendolyn Garcia for her claim the Ombudsman’s move to dismiss her was connected to her “vigorous and active role” in the impeachment proceedings against the top magistrate. According to Sereno’s spokesperson, lawyer Jojo Lacanilao, this statement was “bereft of truth and wisdom.” “To set the record straight, the Chief Justice has nothing to do with the Ombudsman’s decision. (Garcia) […]
(Eagle News) — The plunder case filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV against President Rodrigo Duterte before the Office of the Ombudsman has already been “terminated” for “lack of merit” as early as November last year. Solicitor General Jose Calida made the revelation as he slammed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales for “withhold(ing) the information” from the public about the case’s dismissal. “I would not have known this had I not written a letter,” Calida said. “This […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday expressed “full support” for Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, who has said the Palace’s suspension of Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang was “unconstitutional.” In a statement, Trillanes said it was only right for Morales to defy “what is clearly an illegal and unconstitutional order by (President Rodrigo) Duterte and his minions.” “Maling mali si Duterte dito kahit saan mo tignan,” he said. Trillanes said the Ombudsman and […]
(Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has ordered the dismissal of Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno. In its order made public on Wednesday, also ordered to pay a fine equivalent to their one year’s salary were former acting provincial budget officer Elmer Wabe, former provincial administrator Patrick Gabutina, and former assistant provincial engineer Rolando Pacuribot. All of them were barred from holding public office, and their retirement benefits were deemed forfeited. The Ombudsman decision is […]
(Eagle News) — Several personalities on Wednesday submitted an impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. The group led by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, however, has yet to get an endorsement from a lawmaker, prompting the House Secretary General to merely “note” the complaint upon receipt of the document. The complainants, who also include former Reps. Jacinto Paras and Glenn Chong; relatives of the slain Philippine National Police Special Action Force commandos in Mamasapano; […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mas lalo pang pinaghahandaan ngayon ng Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) ang nakatakda nilang paghahain ng impeachment complaint laban kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. Ang pahayag ay inilabas ni Atty. Ferdinand Topacio matapos magisa si Atty. Larry Gadon sa pagharap nito sa House Justice Committee noong Miyerkules, Nobyembre 22, kaugnay sa impeachment complaint na inihain nito laban kay Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Ayon kay Topacio nagsilbing leksyon sa […]
