The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, May 1 announced that it will investigate former Surigao del Sur Representative Prospero Pichay, Jr. over alleged material misrepresentation in his certificate of candidacy (COC) in the last May 2022 elections. In a statement, the...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has approved the filing of graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against two former Department of Agriculture (DA) officials over the alleged anomalous 2018 contract for the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) Integrated Marine Environment Monitoring...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of National Director Demosthenes R. Escoto of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for grave misconduct over the purchases of transmitters and transceivers in 2018. The penalty of dismissal also carries with it the cancellation...
The Sandiganbayan has approved the payment of P2.5 million to settle the P9.06 million civil case for forfeiture of alleged unexplained wealth filed against the former director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Benguet and members of his family. Former PNP Chief Supt. Eugene Garbriel...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion to dismiss the graft charges filed against former mayor Teddy C. Tumang of Mexico town in Pampanga and six other accused despite their insistence that their right to speedy disposition of cases had been violated. Tumang, former Municipal Planning and...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Receliste Escolin of President Roxas, Capiz has filed a motion to stop the Office of the Ombudsman from implementing his three-month suspension. ESCOLIN (DA-6) Escolin has submitted an Omnibus Motion for Reconsideration with prayer to hold in abeyance the Ombudsman’s...
ILOILO CITY – The Ombudsman suspended Mayor Receliste Escolin of President Roxas town, Capiz province, for three months without pay due to misconduct. ESCOLIN (DA-6) Associate Ombudsman Arita Lapitan has issued an order to Gov. Fredenil Castro to implement Escolin’s suspension. The order...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) Please don't embarrass the President again. Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers had this to say to the Commission on Higher Education Education's (CHEd)...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Ombudsman suspended Mayor Jose Arturo Suan of Allen, Northern Samar for six months without pay after he was found guilty of grave abuse of authority and oppression. Suan officially received the suspension order from the Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Rowena Guanzon (X) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon stood firm on her innocence in a series of X posts Monday, Jan. 8--a day after it was reported that the Office of the Ombudsman approved the filing of graft charges against her. Guanzon, a...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has approved the filing of graft charges against former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Amalia V. Guanzon for the alleged premature disclosure to the public in 2022 confidential information on the disqualification case against then candidate...
Bohol 1st District Rep. Edgar M. Chatto, his wife and Mayor Pureza Chatto of Bililihan town, and three other persons have been charged administratively and criminally in connection with the two dismantled waterwork projects in 2021. The complaint was contained in an affidavit filed by Emmanual B....
