The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has lifted the preventive suspension order earlier issued against 72 National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse supervisors who were reportedly involved in the low-priced sale of rice buffer stocks without the conduct of public bidding and prior approval by the NFA...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has found probable cause to charge in court former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Francisco T. Duque and Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao with graft in the alleged illegal transfer of...
Criminal charges are set to be filed in court against former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, Overall Deputy Ombudsman Warren Rex H. Liong, Procurement Management Officer Paul Jasper V. De Guzman, and six other persons for their...
Criminal complaints have been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against Dioscoro E. Esteban Jr., officer-in-charge (OIC) of the PEA Tollways Corp. (PEATC), for "unlawful actions" in allegedly misrepresenting the firm and reportedly maligning the Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC)...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended Mayor Michael Rama here and seven City Hall officials for six months. Rama’s suspension stemmed from a case filed by city government workers who complained that they were not paid for at least 10 months. Also suspended were City...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered a six-month preventive suspension of Cebu City Mayor Michael L. Rama and seven other local officials for their involvement in the non-payment of salaries of four city employees since July 2023. Also oOrdered suspended without pay were City Administrator...
Graft charges have been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against Bulacan Gov. Daniel R. Fernando, Vice-Gov. Alex Castro, other provincial officials and private individuals for alleged irregularities in the contract for the Bulacan Flood Control and River Restoration Project. The...
CEBU CITY – Criminal charges were filed against the mayor of Mandaue City, Cebu for allegedly approving the cutting of mangroves in one of the barangays in the city. CHARGES were filed against Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes and two other city officials for the cutting of mangrove trees in...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has been asked to probe Mayor Cresente Chavez Jr. of Jordan town, Guimaras province over the alleged illegal passage of a resolution with a P9.9-million funding. CHAVEZ (Jordan LGU) A resident of the municipality wrote a letter of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Suspended Mayor Jose Arturo Suan of Allen, Northern Samar returned to work after more than three months following the recent dismissal by the Office of Ombudsman of the charges of grave abuse of authority or oppression filed against him. SUAN (Contributed photo) The case stemmed...
Ten remaining graft charges against Masbate Gov. Antonio T. Kho and other provincial officials have been withdrawn by the complainant in an affidavit of desistance after the first five charges had been dismissed outright by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). In his affidavit, Ruben D. Fuentes, a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 1 announced that it will investigate former Surigao del Sur Representative Prospero Pichay, Jr. over alleged material misrepresentation in his certificate of candidacy (COC) in the last May 2022 elections. In a statement, the...
