Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has preventively suspended former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chiefs Vigor Mendoza II and Teofilo Guadiz III over the continued use of STRADCOM’s IT system and the resulting P13.3 billion in additional computer fees. The Office of the Ombudsman...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Monday, Aug. 10, said his office is looking into some ₱60 billion poured into flood control projects in Cebu over the past six years as flooding continues to hit the province despite the massive government spending. “We looked at the projects of...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has criticized politicians who are also contractors, calling the practice “impunity at its highest point.” He warned that public office should not be used to serve an official’s personal interests. “‘Yung (The) ‘Cong-tractors’—it’s...
PHILRECA Party-list Rep. Presley de Jesus has placed the onus on the Department of Energy (DOE) to end its habit of allowing generation companies to build power plants wherever they choose. This, as De Jesus cited in a recent House Committee on Energy hearing that strategic siting near existing...
Ombudsman Jesus “Crispin” Remulla has accused the camp of former House speaker Martin Romualdez of being behind the recantation of some of former lawmaker Zaldy Co’s former bodyguards, saying the move shows the camp’s desperation as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has already built a...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Senator Erwin Tulfo on Friday, Aug. 7, said the panel will leave all flood control-related cases to the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). Earlier, Tulfo and Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian had a closed-door coordination meeting with Ombudsman Jesus Crispin...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Saturday, Aug. 1, that the Sandiganbayan’s decision granting bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in his pending malversation case involving the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan was “part...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has likened President Marcos’ anti-corruption message in his previous State of the Nation Address (SONA) to national hero Dr. Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, saying both awakened people to the need to confront wrongdoing. When...
Saying that there is no double jeopardy because no charges were ever filed, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said it will reopen the files on the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games sports facilities project to review possible violations. “Just this morning, I asked my staff to get the whole file...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) is “very close” to filing plunder charges against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez over alleged irregularities in the national budget, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Friday, July 17. “We’re very close to filing the plunder...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Friday, July 17, said Senator Robin Padilla has opted to snub the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) after he did not file a counter-affidavit for the obstruction of justice complaint in connection with the incident involving Senator Ronald “Bato”...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Saturday, July 11, told politicians to choose between doing business and serving in government, saying public officials should stop engaging in government contracting amid the Office of the Ombudsman’s continuing conflict-of-interest...
