Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Senator Erwin Tulfo on Friday, Aug. 7, said the panel will leave all flood control-related cases to the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). Earlier, Tulfo and Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian had a closed-door coordination meeting with Ombudsman Jesus Crispin...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has sought to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., urging the anti-graft court to partially reconsider its July 31 resolution and deny his petition for provisional liberty. On July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third...
Amid a complaint filed against him before the Office of the Ombudsman, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Jose “Brix” Pujalte Jr. said on Thursday, Aug. 6, that the department 's review of the proposed P3-billion procurement of tuberculosis commodities is intended to protect patients...
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez 's counsel, lawyer Ade Fajardo, has cited developments in the malversation case against former senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. as indication that the "case" against his client was weak, if not totally unwarranted. Romualdez, a two-time former House...
Former senator Bong Revilla 's temporary liberty after posting bail does not mean the malversation charges against him are over, says Malacañang. "Hindi pa po dito nagtatapos, dahil petition for bail pa lang po ito (The case does not end here because this only concerns the bail petition),"...
The Sandiganbayan Second Division on Monday, Aug. 3, denied the prosecution’s motion to exclude former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan as an accused in Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada’s pending graft case. In a 12-page resolution penned by Presiding...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Monday, Aug. 3, declined to enter a plea during the arraignment of one of the three criminal cases filed against him for alleged violation of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 46, or the anti-gift law, in connection with the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations he...
One of the legal counsels of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez just stopped short of saying that the embattled former House Speaker was being singled out as far as the latter 's alleged involvement in the flood control projects corruption scandal was concerned. This, as lawyer Ade...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Saturday, Aug. 1, that the Sandiganbayan’s decision granting bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in his pending malversation case involving the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan was “part...
SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – The Office of the Ombudsman on July 31 suspended acting Mayor Justin Colago here for six months over a complaint filed by suspended Mayor Arcadio Gapangada Jr. on April 27. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will implement the order against Colago...
Embattled former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has assailed Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla for allegedly using discredit witnesses just to pin him down. "Pantay na hustisya lamang ang hinihingi ko (I only ask for equal justice)," Romualdez said in as statement...
Senator Loren Legarda denied on Friday, July 31, allegations linked to a preliminary investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman for plunder and graft, describing the accusations as "utterly false and baseless" and vowing to clear her name. In a statement, Legarda said she and her camp have yet...
