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(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to indict former Butuan Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. and several others for graft. The complaint for violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act against him, former licensing officer Paul Cabrera and acting city fire marshal Alric Gomez stems from what the Ombudsman said was their act of allowing a business store secure a business permit despite its failure to comply with […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has denied Senator Gringo Honasan’s motion for reconsideration of the anti-graft court’s earlier denial of his bid to junk the graft cases filed against him in connection with the pork barrel scam. In a resolution dated Oct. 7, the second division said that Honasan’s latest MR was “devoid of merit,” after it ruled the senator used the same arguments he used when he first sought the dismissal of his cases. […]
(Eagle News) — Bistado na ng Malakañang ang pagpapagamit umano ng Office of the Ombudsman sa mga grupong nais ibagsak ang Duterte Administration. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, nawala na ang impartiality sa Office of the Ombudsman. Ayon kay Abella ipinakita na nila—mula kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales at kay Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang—ang kanilang tunay na kulay pulitika. Ipinahayag ni Abella isang matibay na ebidensiya ng pagiging biased ng Ombudsman nang ipakita […]
(Eagle News) — Former Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has been barred from holding any position in government. This was after the Ombudsman found Alcala guilty of grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service in two separate cases involving incidents that took place when he was agriculture secretary. In a statement on Monday, the Ombudsman said Alcala was “found liable for the misuse of P13.5 million for the construction of the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday night accused Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang of “lying to his teeth” and “waving fabricated evidence.” President Duterte made the accusation after the Anti-Money Laundering Council itself denied it had provided the Ombudsman with a report on the Duterte family’s bank transactions, as claimed by Carandang. Carandang said in an interview that the report was used as a basis to launch a probe on the President’s family wealth. “Waving fabricated evidence, […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday denied President Rodrigo Duterte was intimidating the Office of the Ombudsman, noting that it was the chief executive who welcomed a probe into his family’s wealth in the first place. “No one is intimidating the Ombudsman..(The President) is not intimidating the Ombudsman,” Panelo said when asked in a television interview for his reaction to the anti-graft body’s statement that it would not be intimidated […]
(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to reconsider its decision that allowed former Senator Jinggoy Estrada to be out on bail. In its motion for reconsideration, the Ombudsman asked the anti-graft court’s fifth division to “review, reconsider and set aside” its Sept. 15 resolution that allowed Estrada to be temporarily released “upon the submission and approval of bail in the amount of (over) P1 million to be posted in cash.” The resolution […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday filed economic sabotage and graft raps against former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the alleged smuggling of rice valued at $680,000 through the Cagayan de Oro port. Lacson also charged National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino; lawyer Tomas Alcid, former district collector of the Port of Cagayan de Oro; lawyer Geniefelle Lagmay, customs liaison officer to NFA of the Office of the […]
(Eagle News) — “The President has nothing to hide.” This was the reaction of Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella to reports the Ombudsman was probing President Rodrigo Duterte’s bank accounts. The launch of the probe was in response to a complaint filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who earlier made the allegations of ill-gotten wealth against the then-Davao mayor when he was still running for the position of the country’s chief executive. When Duterte won the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday filed several charges against Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson after she allegedly disseminated false information on social media to destroy his credibility. Trillanes filed three counts of libel under the Cybercrime Prevention Act against Uson, and took her to task for alleged grave misconduct, falsification of public documents, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and violation of the Code of […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the indictment of Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. over a deal that saw a company where he sits as board member doing business with the Bureau of Corrections. Floirendo was ordered charged before the Sandiganbayan for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act in an 11-page resolution approved by the Ombudsman last week. In ordering his indictment, the Ombudsman found merit in Speaker […]
(Eagle News) — Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog, who was tagged by President Rodrigo Duterte as a “narcopolitician,” and another city official are facing graft complaints for entering into an allegedly anomalous towing services agreement in 2015. In a statement on Monday, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said there was probable cause to charge Mabilog and Sangguniang Panlungsod member Plaridel Nava II with one count of violation of Section 3 (h) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices […]
