Senator Loren Legarda on Tuesday, August 18 rejected the Office of the Ombudsman’s move to question her absences saying she filed a medical leave with the Senate, and in accordance with the Upper Chamber’s rules. “I have served our country with utmost dedication and integrity for more than...
Four former security escorts of resigned lawmaker Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co may be included as respondents in the plunder complaint linked to the flood-control corruption scandal after they allegedly recanted their earlier statements on the supposed delivery of billions of pesos, the Office of the...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has preventively suspended former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chiefs Vigor Mendoza II and Teofilo Guadiz III over the continued use of STRADCOM’s IT system and the resulting P13.3 billion in additional computer fees. The Office of the Ombudsman...
Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Bayani Jacinto urged the Office of the Ombudsman’s (OMB) newly trained field investigators to soldier on as they probe what he described as “arguably, the biggest corruption scandal in our history.” He made the appeal during the graduation ceremony for the...
Sixty employees of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) from across the country have completed the Field Investigation Course (FIC), becoming its first batch of graduates. The graduation ceremony for FIC Class 01 SIGHARI, or “Serbisyong may Integridad, Gabay sa Hustisya, Abilidad at Responsableng...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla on Monday, Aug. 10, said his office is looking into some ₱60 billion poured into flood control projects in Cebu over the past six years as flooding continues to hit the province despite the massive government spending. “We looked at the projects of...
CEBU CITY–Filipinos are ready to rally behind many things for a worthy cause. This was how Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla described the immense support that Filipina tennis sensation Alex Eala has been getting from Filipinos around the world. And as the Office of the Ombudsman intensified its...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has criticized politicians who are also contractors, calling the practice “impunity at its highest point.” He warned that public office should not be used to serve an official’s personal interests. “‘Yung (The) ‘Cong-tractors’—it’s...
Malacañang has urged Filipinos not to allow themselves to be used in exchange for money to fabricate allegations, warning that innocent people could be harmed as the controversy involving the so-called “Maleta Boys” continued to unfold. In a video statement on Friday evening, Aug. 7,...
Senator Loren Legarda on Friday, Aug. 7, confirmed that she took a medical leave earlier this week, amid allegations surrounding her recent travel. Legarda said she filed a formal medical leave covering Aug. 3 to 5 in accordance with Senate rules. “I confirm that I filed a formal medical leave...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla 's allegation that Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez had a hand in the recantation of some members of the so-called 18 "maleta boys" displayed the former 's "extreme prejudice". Thus, said Romualdez in a short statement on Friday afternoon,...
Ombudsman Jesus “Crispin” Remulla has accused the camp of former House speaker Martin Romualdez of being behind the recantation of some of former lawmaker Zaldy Co’s former bodyguards, saying the move shows the camp’s desperation as the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has already built a...
