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Del Rosario welcomes Duterte’s ‘thoughtful reply’

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:11:23 +0000

Del Rosario welcomes Duterte’s ‘thoughtful reply’

Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario welcomed the “thoughtful reply” from President Duterte on the complaint of crimes against humanity that he and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales had filed against China’s President Xi Jinping in the International Criminal Court (ICC). The case alleging “atrocious actions” within Philippine territory by the Chinese government under Xi […]

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Opposition senatorial candidates back complaint vs China’s leader

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:09:58 +0000

Opposition senatorial candidates back complaint vs China’s leader

Opposition senatorial candidates on Friday threw their support behind the unprecedented move by two former government officials accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what they said were Beijing’s transgressions in the South China Sea under his leadership. Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay described the action […]

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Morales: Case vs Xi evokes David and Goliath story of courage

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:43:46 +0000

China's Xi to visit Europe amid disquiet over Silk Road, Huawei

Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales cited this popular Biblical account of courage on Friday when asked if they were deterred when they filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Chinese President Xi Jinping. Morales and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario earlier filed a complaint, technically called a communication, on behalf […]

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Opposition senatorial bets back ICC case against China’s Xi

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 05:06:20 +0000

Opposition senatorial candidates have thrown their support to the case filed against China’s President Xi Jinping before the ICC.

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Re-appointed officials not tainted with corruption — Palace

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:44:02 +0000

Re-appointed officials not tainted with corruption — Palace

Malacañang has defended its “recycling” of dismissed government officials: those re-appointed by Mr. Duterte weren’t tainted with corruption.

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Ombudsman Martires vows speedy disposition of cases, weed out corruption

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INCOMING Ombudsman Samuel Martires vows to speed up the disposition of about 9,000 pending cases before his new office and to weed out corruption in government when he takes over from Conchita Carpio Morales, who will retire this week. In his final flag raising ceremony as associate justice of the Supreme Court on Monday, Martires […]

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COA flags Office of the Ombudsman’s incomplete, uninsured P500-M building

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COA flags Office of the Ombudsman’s incomplete, uninsured P500-M building

Recently-retired Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales was forced to transfer to a new P498.6-million building in Quezon City compound of her office, despite the fact that it was not yet completed as of 2017 and was not even insured. The Commission on Audit revealed this in its 2017 annual audit report, which noted that Morales and other personnel of the Office of Ombudsman pursued relocation to the five-story Ombudsman Annex building due to the “dire need for office space.”

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Morales shrugs off Arroyo Speakership, says probe on misuse of PCSO funds to continue

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OUTGOING Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales was indifferent to Pampanga second district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s new position as Speaker of the House of Representatives and said that another case that had been filed against her for the alleged misuse of state charity intelligence funds should continue even after her retirement at the end of July. Arroyo […]

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Morales calls out aspiring Ombudsman for calling her office graft-ridden

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Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Wednesday lashed out at defense lawyer Edna Batacan — touted to be the front-runner in the search for a new graft buster — for describing her office as graft-ridden.

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Lawyers’ group wary of Ombudsman aspirant’s independence

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A lawyers’ group has expressed concern over Malacañang’s admission that a former counsel of President Rodrigo Duterte is a front-runner to replace retiring Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales.

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