The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) will file criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan against Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Consumer Affairs Kristine Y. Evangelista and 17 others in the shortage and spiralled prices of onion in 2022. In a separate decision, the OMB...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires has formally asked the Senate and the House of Representatives to significantly decrease the P51-million confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) allocated to his office to P1-million under the proposed 2024 national budget. In his letter to Sen. Juan...
Former administrator Hermenegildo R. Serafica of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has been ordered charged before the Sandiganbayan with violation of Republic Act No. 9184, the Government Procurement Reform Act, for alleged delays in the procurement of land tractors and harrows. Also,...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB)has has declared retired Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and former Presidential Communications undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy guilty in an administrative complaint and reprimanded them for "red-tagging" the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL), a group...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires stood pat on his suggestion that the Commission on Audit (COA) should not publish its annual audit reports (AARs) for fear that the public may make incorrect assumptions on possible acts of corruption. During the hearing before the Committee on Appropriations of the...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires (Screenshot from YouTube live) Ombudsman Samuel Martires has chided complainants who insist on filing charges against individuals for "red-tagging", despite the absence of a law prohibiting it. Martires, during the Office of the...
(Unsplash) A dejected Ombudsman Samuel Martires told congressmen Monday, Sept. 11 that he believed corruption in the Philippines won't get solved within "our lifetime". Martires, during the House Committee on Appropriations' deliberation on the Office of the...
(Unsplash) The Office of the Ombudsman's system was hacked earlier this year, causing its decision writing process to get compromised. Thus, bared Ombudsman Samuel Martires to members of the House Committee on Appropriations Monday, Sept. 11 during the...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Office of the Ombudsman set itself apart from other agencies in the ongoing House budget hearings by explicitly saying that it won't ask the solons for more money in terms of appropriations for next...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires A party-list has slammed the alleged meddling of certain "business groups" in the case of Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Cesar Chiong, who had been dismissed by Ombudsman Samuel Martires. According to...
Acting Presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles on Tuesday, Nov. 16, hinted that President Duterte may release his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) if he wins as senator in the 2022 polls. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his first virtual presser as...
