BACOLOD CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended two Negros Occidental provincial government officials for six months without pay due to conflict of interest when they engaged in private law practice in 2020. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Atty....
Mayor Alice Guo (Facebook) The Ombudsman's suspension order against Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac will have no bearing on the Office of the Solicitor General's (OSG) investigation against her. Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra made this...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros considers appropriate the preventive suspension order against Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo yet hopes that this is not too late. This was after the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) ordered the preventive suspension for not more than six months of Guo and...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered the preventive suspension for not more than six months of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo and two other town officials after finding that there is strong evidence against them in the administrative charges of grave misconduct, conduct prejudicial to...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Administrator Leonor C. Cleofas, former administrator Reynaldo V. Velasco and six other executives face criminal and administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) over the award to a Chinese contractor of the P10.8 billion New...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month preventive suspension of 69 officials from the provincial and municipal governments of Bohol, including its Governor Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado, due to their involvement in the controversial resort found in Chocolate Hills this year. Other...
CEBU CITY – Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado announced on Tuesday, May 28, that he has been suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for six months over the construction of a resort in the province. AUMENTADO (center) Aumentado announced the suspension on Tuesday, May 28, at the Bohol provincial capitol...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has lifted the preventive suspension order earlier issued against 72 National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse supervisors who were reportedly involved in the low-priced sale of rice buffer stocks without the conduct of public bidding and prior approval by the NFA...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has found probable cause to charge in court former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Francisco T. Duque and Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao with graft in the alleged illegal transfer of...
Criminal charges are set to be filed in court against former Department of Budget and Management Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, Overall Deputy Ombudsman Warren Rex H. Liong, Procurement Management Officer Paul Jasper V. De Guzman, and six other persons for their...
Criminal complaints have been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against Dioscoro E. Esteban Jr., officer-in-charge (OIC) of the PEA Tollways Corp. (PEATC), for "unlawful actions" in allegedly misrepresenting the firm and reportedly maligning the Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC)...
CEBU CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended Mayor Michael Rama here and seven City Hall officials for six months. Rama’s suspension stemmed from a case filed by city government workers who complained that they were not paid for at least 10 months. Also suspended were City...
