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Drug war critics to keep updating ICC

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 23:48:30 +0000

Although the Philippines has withdrawn its membership from the Rome Statute that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), the family of slain drug suspect Djastin “DJ” Lopez will continue to provide the tribunal, as well as the Office of the Ombudsman, with details on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.

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NUPL: Leader of 2017 drug raid that killed epileptic must be held liable

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 04:57:12 +0000

The National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) wants the team leader of the police anti-drug operation that led to the killing

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Duterte: Probe corruption allegations vs Cabinet members

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:22:13 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the Ombudsman to investigate members of his Cabinet for corruption and bring charges against those who will be found to have betrayed the public trust.

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SC reinstates Ombudsman case vs Echavez

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:55:51 +0000

The Ombudsman cannot be faulted for “inordinate delay” in deciding whether to indict public officials for graft if it has not yet begun the formal investigation.

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Sandiganbayan reminds Vitangcol camp, prosecution: Respect gag order

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:51:26 +0000

Sandiganbayan has reminded both the counsel of former Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3) General Manager Al Vitangcol III and the prosecution to respect the gag order in place, which prevents both camps from discussing the cases’ merits.

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Palace heeds Balutan plea for fair probe

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:38:19 +0000

Malacañang on Tuesday said it might be better to let the Office of the Ombudsman investigate the “serious allegations of corruption” against resigned Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Alexander Balutan.

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DILG reinstates Ecija town mayor sacked by Ombudsman

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:11:50 +0000

Mayor Imee de Guzman, who was removed from office by the Ombudsman last year for alleged unwarranted benefits she gave an amusement firm, was reinstated on Friday by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), following a new ruling dismissing the case against her.

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Mother of slain ‘Dota’ player files murder raps vs Pangasinan cops

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 10:06:39 +0000

The mother of a computer gamer who was shot dead by police from Rosales, Pangasinan last August 2018 has filed murder raps against officers from the local police before the Office of the Ombudsman.

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Sandiganbayan cases filed by Ombudsman dip by more than half in 2018

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:46:54 +0000

Data from the Sandiganbayan shows that the cases filed by the Office of the Ombudsman went down from 2,513 in 2017 to just 739 in 2018.

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Ombudsman insists: Bong Revilla liable to pay P125M in damages

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:48:58 +0000

The Office of the Ombudsman has urged the Sandiganbayan to compel former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla to pay P124.5 million in civil damages to the national treasury, despite his acquittal in a plunder case over the use of his pork barrel funds. In a 17-page motion to the antigraft court’s First Division on Jan. 28, […]

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