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Kin of SAF 44 still crying out for justice, full financial aid

January 25, 2019 admin former philippine national police director general alan purisima, former saf director getulio napeñas, Headlines, Justice, Latest News Stories, malacañang mamasapano, Nation, Office of the Ombudsman, SAF 44, Salvador Panelo

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:14:41 +0000

Relatives of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers who were killed in a botched operation against a Malaysian bomb maker and his Filipino cohort four years ago said on Friday that they would continue to pursue justice for the slain commandos while waiting for the government to complete its promised financial assistance to their families.

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5 mayors absent during Typhoon ‘Ompong’ may face admin raps — DILG

January 21, 2019 admin DILG, Latest News Stories, local news, Nation, national news, news, Office of the Ombudsman, Philippine news update, typhoon ompong

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:05:02 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Five Northern Luzon mayors who were not at their posts during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong” in September 2018 may face administrative charges before the Office of the Ombudsman, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Tuesday.

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Ex-MRT 3 official wants graft case dismissed

January 20, 2019 admin Al Vitangcol, graft case, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Metro, MRT 3, Office of the Ombudsman, Sandiganbayan

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:01:28 +0000

Former Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 General Manager Al Vitangcol III has sought the dismissal of the graft charges against him as he challenged the evidence presented by Ombudsman prosecutors in the Sandiganbayan.

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: The Malampaya Fund

January 13, 2019 admin Eduardo Ermita, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, graft and malversation cases, Headlines, Janet Lim Napoles, Malampaya fund, Nasser pangandaman, Nation, Office of the Ombudsman, Rolando Andaya Jr., Sandiganbayan

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:21:44 +0000

In December 2016, the Ombudsman dismissed the criminal complaint against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is now Speaker of the House, former Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, and two employees of the Department of Agrarian Reform for “insufficiency of evidence” in the alleged misuse of P900 million from the Malampaya Fund.

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Ombudsman withdraws 4 graft cases vs Echiverri

December 23, 2018 admin Enrico Echiverri, graft cases, Headlines, Metro, Office of the Ombudsman

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 21:14:15 +0000

The Ombudsman has withdrawn four of the 53 remaining graft cases it filed against former Caloocan Mayor Enrico Echiverri

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Cagayan de Oro mayor ordered to answer plunder case

December 17, 2018 admin Latest News Stories, Nation, Office of the Ombudsman, oscar moreano, plunder case, rodolfo elman

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:25:56 +0000

The Ombudsman’s preliminary investigation on the P79-million plunder complaint against Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno has begun moving.

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Aquino, former Cabinet officials, senators sued over DAP

October 15, 2018 admin Benigno Aquino III, DAP, Disbursement Acceleration Program, Greco Belgica, Latest News Stories, Nation, Noynoy Aquino, Office of the Ombudsman, pacc, presidential anti-corruption commission, truth and justice coalition

Former president Benigno Aquino III, some of his Cabinet officials, and incumbent opposition senators face 274 counts of alleged malversation of public funds acquired through the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: Graft case vs Gwendolyn Garcia

August 14, 2018 admin graft case, Gwendolyn Garcia, Headlines, illegal use of public funds, Latest News Stories, Office of the Ombudsman, Regions

In July 2012, the Office of the Ombudsman charged at the Sandiganbayan then Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia with two counts of graft and one count of illegal use of public funds for the purchase of a land for a housing project, which turned out to be mostly under water.

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WHAT WENT BEFORE: P10-B pork barrel scam

July 31, 2018 admin Bong Revilla, Headlines, Janet Lim Napoles, Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile, Latest News Stories, Nation, Office of the Ombudsman, PDAF, plunder and graft cases, pork barrel scam, Priority Development Assistance Fund, Ramon Revilla Jr.

In July 2013, the Inquirer broke the story on the scam to funnel P10 billion in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocations of lawmakers to ghost projects in exchange for kickbacks in a scheme allegedly masterminded by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles.

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

July 29, 2018 admin COA, Commission On Audit, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Latest News Stories, Nation, Office of the Ombudsman

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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