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...
The Department of Health (DOH) said it would respect the move of the Office of the Ombudsman to place some of its officials under preventive suspension for their involvement in the alleged irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 supplies with Pharmally Pharmaceutical. "The Department of Health...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate) The implementation of cancer treatment programs of the Department of Health...
Officials and personnel of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA)--including clerks and security guards--ought to be subjected to a thorough, top to bottom lifestyle check. Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes (Screenshot from Facebook) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that its cancer-related policies were above board and was approved by key stakeholders. In a statement, the DOH said that all of its processes related to cancer programs were "unanimously approved by the National Integrated Cancer Control Council (NICCC). "...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu is mulling the filing of charges against some officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Central Visayas (DPWH-7) over an unfinished road project on UN Ave. in Mandaue City. CEBU Gov. Gwen Garcia gestures during a press conference on...
A social organization of journalists in the Philippines expressed its support to National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Acting Administrator Benny Antiporda amid his “fight to clear his name.” Antiporda received the “full support” of the National Press Club of the Philippines (NPC) after...
Two House members have assailed the Ombudsman's unusually swift suspension of National Irrigation Administration (NIA) administrator, Benny Antiporda, saying the suspension is not only questionable but also puts to risk the country’s energy supply requirement and irrigation needs. NIA...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and the Office of the Ombudsman have agreed on their mandates and vowed to strengthen collaboration. This developed after Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri met the two heads ARTA Director General Ernesto V. Perez and Ombudsman Samuel Martires for a dialogue...
Suspended National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Benny Antiporda denied on Wednesday, Nov. 16, the charges levelled against him by some of the agency's officers and employees that resulted in his suspension from work without pay for six months by the Office of the Ombudsman. In a press...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here filed, Friday, August 5, another graft case against officials of the Baguio City District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (BCDEO-DPWH) due to alleged irregularities in the construction of a secondary school building...