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Antique governor tells SP members to put public interest first amid budget crisis

Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao emphasized the importance of adhering to legal and ethical standards following the suspension of eight Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members in...

Belmonte is League of Cities head

QUEZON City Mayor Joy Belmonte has been designated as the acting national president of the  League of Cities of the Philippines. She will temporarily replace suspended...

Pursued, Guo runs to the SC

THE search is on for Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, suspended preventively by the Ombudsman on May 31, and cited in contempt and ordered...

PCSO says graft raps a ‘smear’ job

The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Tuesday described as dubious and highly questionable the graft and plunder complaint filed before the Ombudsman by...

Gordon hails Ombudsman for indicting officials in Pharmally mess

Former Senator Richard Gordon recently lauded the Ombudsman’s recommendation to indict government officials involved in the Pharmally scandal as well as Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s...

A newsman’s standpoint: When justice is served

“The Ombudsman’s decision serves as a reminder that vigilance is crucial to safeguarding public funds” ALL my life I have been (and will always be)...

Ombudsman lifts suspension vs. 23 NFA execs, questions erroneous list

The Office of the Ombudsman lifted its suspension order against 23 National Food Authority (NFA) personnel after they were cleared of any involvement in...

DA chief retakes NFA reins after Ombudsman suspends OIC Santos

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. reassumed his post as administrator of the National Food Authority after the Ombudsman suspended two more executives of...

Sindangan town mayor, officials ousted by Ombudsman over illegal cockfighting permits

The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has ordered Sindangan, Zamboanga Del Norte Mayor Rosendo Labadlabad, four barangay captains and a village treasurer dismissed for...

House panel backs raps vs. cops in big drug haul

The House of Representatives committee on dangerous drugs supports the government’s move to file criminal and administrative charges against several police officers with the...

Ombudsman set to probe passport issue ‘motu propio’

The Office of the Ombudsman will investigate on its own the issuance of Philippine passports to foreign nationals. With only P1 million confidential intelligence fund,...

Napoles wins cases at Sandigan, Ombudsman

In two separate rulings, cases against Janet Lim Napoles, known as the “pork barrel queen,” related to the misuse of Priority Development Assistance Funds...

Ombudsman nixes Bantag murder raps

The Office of the Ombudsman has absolved Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and Bureau of Corrections Director General Gregorio Catapang of murder and grave...

Ombudsman indicts, sacks Pampanga mayor

The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed from the service Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang and three other officials for grave misconduct in connection...
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