The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said the “conflict of interest” complaints against Tarlac Second District Rep. Cristy Angeles and Uswag Party-list Rep. Jojo Ang are moving to the preliminary investigation stage, while similar complaints involving CWS Party-list Rep. Edwin Gardiola and former...
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...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has confirmed that the criminal and administrative complaints filed against current Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon over the construction of sports facilities for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games have already been dismissed...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has filed his counter-affidavit in the obstruction of justice complaint filed by Tindig Pilipinas over the incident involving Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa at the Senate, while Senator Robin Padilla and dismissed Acting Senate Sergeant at Arms Mao Aplasca have yet...
House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon chided Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team on Tuesday, July 14 for supposedly asking "laughable" questions during its cross-examination of impeachment trial witness, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Regional Director Jeremy...
Malacanang 's communications arm has affrimed that the 2016 ruling of the Arbitral Tribunal in favor of the Philippines remains "final and binding." In a statement, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) upheld the ruling to commemorate its 10th anniversary. It asserted that the country...
Residents of Pook Malantic in Barangay UP Campus, Quezon City, formed a human barricade on Wednesday, July 8, fearing demolition after personnel and a private truck arrived with materials to fence a rental housing project. The residents linked arms to block the entry of the truck and personnel,...
The Philippines is pushing for an exemption from the proposed 12.5-percent tariff on its imports into the United States (US), arguing that existing trade policies have not been proven to facilitate the importation of goods produced with forced labor. In a July 6 submission to the Office of the US...
Businessman Aristotle Baluyot Viray, one of the co-accused of Senator Rodante Marcoleta in the plunder case over the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations, appeared before the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Tuesday, July 7, to return the warrant of arrest issued against him. Viray became...
The Office of the Ombudsman has imposed the penalty of perpetual disqualification from re-employment in the government service against former Senate sergeant-at-arms Mao Aplasca in connection with the May 13 Senate gunfire incident. The perpetual disqualification is just one of the penalties...
The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Monday, July 6, issued warrants of arrest and hold departure orders (HDOs) against Senator Rodante Marcoleta and three others after finding probable cause in the plunder case filed against them by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) During a press briefing, Third...
