Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo's candidacy for city mayor received a big boost on Sunday, April 27 after she was endorsed by former Ombudsman Conchita...
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...
Top legal experts in the country, as well as deans of different colleges of law, asked fellow lawyers and the public to elect human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno to the Senate, espousing his respect for basic human rights and qualities that will uplift the Filipinos’ plight. Human...
Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales told the public on Saturday, September 11, not to be afraid to fight against fake news and misinformation even if it angers “some officials who do not know their limitations.” Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) She said...
Retired Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales is baffled as to why the Office of the Ombudsman, led by Ombudsman Samuel Martires, doesn’t want to release President Duterte’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) when he can file a case against anyone for the wrongful use of this...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan is pushing for an investigation into the Duterte administration’s “web of corruption” that stemmed from the anomalies in the procurement of billions’ worth of “overpriced” medical supplies and equipment during the pandemic. In a statement posted on...
President Duterte’s perceived personal attacks against Manila Mayor Isko Moreno might be the administration’s “signal” to its troll armies to start the “demolition operations” against its political enemies, former Ombudsman and 1Sambayan convenor Conchita Carpio-Morales said. 1Sambayan...
Unlike former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, 1Sambayan convenor ex-Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales sees nothing wrong with Vice President Leni Robredo’s recent meetings with senators linked to the Duterte administration as part of her efforts to unite the opposition. 1Sambayan convenor Conchita...
If there is one thing former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales remembers about the late former President Benigno Aquino III, it is that he had always asked her to “keep your independence” and “go after the corrupt” since her job entailed looking into the dubious practices of government...
Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the traits exhibited by the late former President Benigno Aquino III are what the country needs amid a raging pandemic and the collapse of the country’s moral and democratic institutions. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) Former...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has debunked President Duterte’s assumption that he will be spared from criminal liability if he wins the vice presidency in the 2022 national election. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales (via...
Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Monday, July 19, called President Duterte a coward for planning to run as vice president in 2022 to get away from the legal liabilities that he is bound to face once he steps down from power. Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales (FILE PHOTO/MANILA...
