The number of cases filed by prosecutors before the Sandiganbayan dwindled in 2024 with only 138 cases compared to 263 in 2023, 240 in 2022, and 163 in 2021. Based on the summary of the anti-graft court's "Statistics on Cases Filed, Pending and Disposed of as of Dec. 31, 2024," there were 625 cases...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has upheld its indictment of former Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary for fisheries Eduardo B. Gongona over the alleged anomalous 2018 contract for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) Integrated Marine Environment Monitoring System...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has upheld its decision that ordered the dismissal of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) National Director Demosthenes R. Escoto. In an eight-page joint order, the OMB denied Escoto’s motion to reconsider its Feb. 5 orders that dismissed him from...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Samuel Gumarin and several officials of Buenavista town, Guimaras province are facing administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman for purchasing a P2.6-million water tanker. GUARIN Complaints of grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct, and conduct...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman upheld its previous decision suspending Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes for one year without pay. CORTES (FB) Junking the motions of reconsideration filed by Cortes, the Ombudsman affirmed its previous decision that found the mayor guilty of grave...
The six-month suspension of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta had been cut short, and she is now poised to be back at the helm of the power industry’s regulatory body. A memorandum order from the Office of the Ombudsman dated October 22, 2024 stipulated that the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Gov. Edcel Greco "Grex" Lagman of this province announced on Friday, Oct. 18, that he has been issued a preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. Lagman did not detail the reason of the suspension in his official Facebook account. LAGMAN (FB) He instead informed...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has dismissed the administrative charges against former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Francisco T. Duque III over the alleged anomalous purchases of Covid-19 supplies worth P41.4 billion in 2020. “The administrative charges for Grave Misconduct, Conduct...
CEBU CITY – They have signified their intention to return to office but two suspended mayors have bigger battles to hurdle other than the 2025 election. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes have been dismissed from service by the Office of the Ombudsman for various...
CEBU CITY – Two residents have filed criminal and administrative complaints against the two highest ranking government officials of Mandaue City, Cebu. The complaints were filed before the Office of the Ombudsman against suspended Mayor Jonas Cortes and acting Mayor Glen Bercede by Karina Labos...
The National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms, Inc. (Nasecore) has asked the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) to cite in contempt suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chairperson Monalisa C. Dimalanta for discussing her case in public. As a lawyer, Nasecore President Petronilo...
CEBU CITY – Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama simply could not catch a break. Rama, still serving a six-month preventive suspension, has found himself in another legal battle after the Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to charge him with three counts of violating Republic Act 3019...
