The camp of former president and current Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has denied any links to a purported plot to impeach Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla. This was relayed to House reporters by lawyer Joseph Frianeza, Arroyo 's legal counsel. "Former President...
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...
President Marcos said the decision on whether former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan would be accepted as a state witness in the government 's investigation into alleged anomalies in flood control projects rests solely with the Office of the Ombudsman....
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has dismissed Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca from the service following an administrative investigation into the shooting incident inside the Senate compound, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla announced. Remulla said he signed the dismissal order...
The prospective Sandiganbayan trial on Senator Rodante Marcoleta 's plunder charge could end up being an easy case for prosecutors, according to Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson. Lacson thinks that Marcoleta has pretty much doomed himself with his own words, leaving a scenario wherein the...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta technically has himself to blame for his current troubles with the Office of the Ombudsman. Such was the assessment of his former colleague over at the House of Representatives, ex-quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers. According to Barbers, the...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Friday, July 3, filed before the Sandiganbayan a plunder case, a non-bailable offense, against Senator Rodante Marcoleta over the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations he received while he was still serving as a congressman, along with three separate...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary Manuel Bonoan is the “most polluted" source of testimony when it comes to the flood control projects corruption scandal. Thus, said the spokesperson of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, lawyer Ade Fajardo, amid the...
Investigators found the statements of eight former Marines to be “categorical and consistent” regarding alleged money deliveries to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former party-list Representative Zaldy Co, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said on Thursday, July 2. Assistant...
Delays in the signing of the affidavits of eight former Marines are slowing its investigation against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, t he Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Thursday, July 2. It then urged their lawyer to expedite the review so the statements can be formally included in its...
