Tag: Ombudsman

Palace welcomes Ombudsman’s preliminary probe on Paolo Duterte

(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday, May 9, welcomed the Ombudsman’s statement resigned Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was the subject of its preliminary investigation, saying it was part of the anti-graft agency’s “constitutional mandate” to conduct such inquiries of public officials. “The scope of the Ombudsman’s powers is to investigate, to inquire into and to demand the production of documents involving transactions and contracts of the government where there is disbursement […]

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Court of Appeals: Junjun Binay can still run for public office

(Eagle News)—-Former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay can still run for government office. This was after the Court of Appeals, in a May 3 ruling, nullified the  Ombudsman order that prohibited him from doing so  following alleged irregularities in the construction of the P2.3-billion Makati City Hall Building II. According to the CA, the Aguinaldo doctrine that says that public officials can no longer be held to task for administrative liabilities after reelection applied to Binay’s case. Although the […]

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SC Associate Justice De Castro nominated to be next Ombudsman

(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-De Castro has been nominated to replace Ombudsman Conchita Morales, who is set to end her 7-year term in July. In nominating De Castro in a letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) dated May 3, retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Arturo Brion said she had had long years of experience in the prosecution and the judiciary. “Through all these years, she has served the […]

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Ombudsman recommends filing of criminal, administrative charges vs Faeldon for shabu mess

  (Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has recommended the filing of graft and usurpation of official functions, aside from other criminal and administrative charges, against former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in connection with the P6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment that had passed through the Bureau of Customs (BOC) during his watch. The Ombudsman has already completed the fact-finding investigation on the complaint involving the 602.2 kilograms of high-grade methamphetamine hydrochloride or […]

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Supreme Court dismisses petitions seeking to declare Ombudsman post vacant

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 23, junked the consolidated petitions seeking to declare the position of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales vacant. In junking the petitions filed last year by lawyer Rey Nathaniel Ifurung and former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 general manager Al Vitangcol III, the SC said Article XI, Section 11 of the 1987 Constitution and Sections 7 and 8(3) of Republic Act 6770 provide that the Ombudsman is appointed to a seven-year […]

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Youth group files charges vs Mocha Uson over alleged acts of “disinformation”

(Eagle News)—A group of youth leaders called for the removal of Assistant Communications Secretary Mocha Uson, calling her a “threat to the security” of those opposed to the government. Student leaders of Akbayan Youth— Samantha Julia Eala, Raymond John Naguit, Misha Borbon, Roman Romero, Basilio Enrique Claudio, Jonathan Austria, Angel Ruben Roxas, Hernan Delizo, Kisha Beringuela, among others—filed charges of  grave misconduct, serious dishonesty and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service against Uson […]

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Sandiganbayan junks graft case vs. ex-TESDA chief Syjuco

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft case filed against former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general Augusto Syjuco Jr. over the alleged anomalous purchase of farm inputs in 2004. In a 12-page resolution issued on March 16, the First Division said it was “constrained, much to its regret” to grant Syjuco’s motion to  dismiss the case, which “dragged close to 12 years, and not just three years and nine […]

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Sandiganbayan junks Junjun Binay’s bid for graft, falsification raps filed vs him to be dismissed

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has denied former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay’s bid for the graft and falsification charges filed against him to be dismissed. The Third Division junked Binay’s motion to quash the charges filed against him in connection with the bidding of Phases IV and V of the Makati City Hall Building II, citing “lack of merit.” “The issue as to whether he indeed committed any of the acts mentioned in the said (information) […]

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Ombudsman orders filing of graft raps vs former S. Leyte governor, five others over allegedly anomalous fertilizer deal

(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges against  former Southern Leyte Gov. Rosette Lerias and five others over an allegedly anomalous fertilizer deal. In a statement on Thursday, the Ombudsman said a complaint for falsification of public documents should also be filed against Lerias and Virginia Cruz, Catalino Olayvar, Teopisto Rojas, Jr., Fernando Moralde and Joseph Duarte of the Provincial Government Bids and Awards Committee for their approval […]

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Calida says Ombudsman only making an “excuse”; says results of termination of probe vs Duterte should have been publicized

(Eagle News)– Solicitor General Jose Calida on Saturday slammed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, saying she merely made an “excuse”  when she blamed the Anti-Money Laundering Council for the anti-graft body’s termination of the probe into Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s allegations against President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Calida, “back in October 2017, the Ombudsman publicly claimed that the documents in their possession are from the AMLC.” “Now, the Ombudsman claims that the termination of the case is […]

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Ombudsman reacts to Calida’s allegations; says it is “not obliged” to inform subject of probe about outcome of inquiry

(Eagle News) —  The Office of the Ombudsman said on Thursday that it was not “obliged to  inform the subject of the fact-finding investigation about its outcome.” The anti-graft body issued the statement days after Solicitor General Jose Calida lashed out at the agency for its failure to announce that the investigation into the allegations contained in Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s plunder complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte had been terminated for “lack of merit.” The […]

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Ombudsman suspends Aurora governor for nine months

(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has ordered the suspension of Aurora Governor Gerardo Noveras after he allegedly allowed his own dump trucks to be used in the construction of a barangay project. In meting out the nine-month suspension without pay, the Ombudsman said in a decision approved on January 15 that Noveras was “liable for conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service” for allowing Remnant Builders–which won the P232,441.50 contract for the project […]

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