The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has implemented a six-month preventive suspension without pay of Marikina City Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro, Vice Mayor Marion S. Andres, and 17 other local officials for the reported misuse of P130 million in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 provided security to the Department of the Interior and Local Government to ensure the orderly implementation of the suspension order against Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Mayor Julio Parayno III and Vice Mayor Jimmy Parayno on Friday morning,...
BANGUED, Abra – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has ordered officials of Barangay Calaba here who enacted an ordinance imposing a “death sentence” over garbage dumping to continue working while their suspension case is being reviewed. In an order this week, the SP told Barangay Captain Renato...
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Monalisa C. Dimalanta will temporarily leave her office as chief regulator of the deregulated power industry to comply with the six-month suspension meted out by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement to the media, Dimalanta indicated that she will...
The six-month suspension meted by the Office of the Ombudsman against the chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is seen delaying the approvals of pending power supply agreements (PSAs) as well as the reserve price-setting for the auction of renewable energy (RE) capacities that are...
Malacañang has confirmed that it has ordered the suspension of Abra Vice Governor Maria Jocelyn "Joy" Valera-Bernos for ordering a hospital locked down during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 when she was the province's governor. Abra Vice Governor Maria Jocelyn "Joy"...
CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has expressed deep concern over the one-year suspension slapped against him by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a statement, Cortes said the Ombudsman’s decision to suspend him without pay stemming from an administrative case “is a matter of deep...
BANGUED, Abra – Abra Vice Gov. Maria Jocelyn Valera-Bernos said that her 18-month suspension by the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs under the Office of the President was politically motivated and seeks destroy her reputation. The suspension order stemmed from the...
CEBU CITY – Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado is back to work as the Office of the Ombudsman has lifted the six-month preventive suspension imposed against him and 30 other government officials. In a July 31 order, Ombudsman Samuel Martires ordered the reinstatement of Aumentado, who was among the 70...
DAVAO CITY – Malacañang suspended Gov. Edwin Jubahib of Davao del Norte for 30 more days after serving a two-month suspension. JUBAHIB (center). (FB) Jubahib was slated to resume his office duties on Monday, June 10, after the 60-day preventive suspension imposed by Malacañang concluded....
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered the preventive suspension for not more than six months of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo and two other town officials after finding that there is strong evidence against them in the administrative charges of grave misconduct, conduct prejudicial to...
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...
