(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...
Ninoy Aquino International Airport The Office of the Ombudsman is mandated to act promptly on complaints--anonymous or otherwise--filed in any form or manner against public officials in every case where there is evidence, Trabaho Party-list said. The...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 25, confirmed that one of its high-ranking officials has been suspended following the order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN In an official statement, the DepEd announced that it has received an...
CEBU CITY – Officials and employees of the Mandaue City government were charged before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for allegedly illegally entering a property and padlocking the complainant inside. Maria Priscilla Melendres filed complaints for arbitrary detention, violation of the...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has asked the mayor of Badian town, Cebu and two other municipal officials to answer the charges that had been filed against them. The anti-graft court has given Badian Mayor Carmencita Lumain, Engr. Vicente Jojie Nillas, head of the town’s Office...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin has sought a reinvestigation after the Office of the Ombudsman recommended the filing of graft charges against her and four others for their alleged involvement in the procurement of the controversial anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia. “We will file a...
CEBU CITY – Five police officers here are facing criminal charges after they allegedly abducted and tortured a woman whom they suspected of being involved in illegal drug activities. The National Bureau Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) filed the charges before the Office of the Ombudsman...
CEBU CITY – Charges have been filed against the mayor and two other officials of Badian town, Cebu province after they allegedly failed to stop the illegal construction of structures in one of the coastal barangays in the municipality. Charged before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas on...
The PNP Responders and Office of the President Executives downed their respective rivals to jumpstart their title bids in the UNTV Executive Face-Off on Sunday, April 2, at the Novadeci Convention Center, Quezon City. Banking heavily on the torrid shooting of Joel De Mesa, the Responders demolished...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA) has expressed support to five members facing administrative charges filed by Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia against them over the culling of pigs in the province. In a statement, the PVMA said it “stands with Dr. Paul Limson, Dr. Samuel...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia on Wednesday, March 29, filed charges against some officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) for purportedly defying her orders and refusing to coordinate with the provincial government in implementing African Swine Fever (ASF)-related policies in the...
