Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday, Sept. 14, it will comply with whatever rules would be adopted on the release of the audit reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) on government agencies. “We will comply with the rules whichever way it is crafted,” DOJ Assistant Secretary Jose...
Ombudsman Samuel R. Martires stood pat on his suggestion that the Commission on Audit (COA) should not publish its annual audit reports (AARs) for fear that the public may make incorrect assumptions on possible acts of corruption. During the hearing before the Committee on Appropriations of the...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires (Screenshot from YouTube live) Ombudsman Samuel Martires has chided complainants who insist on filing charges against individuals for "red-tagging", despite the absence of a law prohibiting it. Martires, during the Office of the...
(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...
