Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. and Bacolod Mayor Monico Puentevella slammed the Office of the Ombudsman for its long delayed decisions involving cases filed against local officials.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out for lack of merit a petition to stop the Office of the Ombudsman from investigating the P10-billion pork barrel scam.
RATHER than nitpick on Cebu City Hall’s “Piso Mo, Hospital Ko” fund-raising drive, the Ombudsman-Visayas should go after suspected corrupt officials instead.
THE Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has dismissed the criminal complaint filed against Medellin Mayor Ricardo Ramirez who was accused of harassing and threatening to kill fisherfolk in the town’s island barangay.
Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon on Friday said he was willing and ready to face the allegations against him on his alleged misuse of the pork barrel fund while he was congressman of Muntinlupa.
After keeping his peace, Senate Juan Ponce Enrile took the floor on Wednesday to lash back at his “obsessive hater,” apparently referring to his nemesis, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
Iloilo Rep. Niel C. Tupas Jr. on Sunday said he gave every peso of his pork barrel to scholars in his province in his first two terms as a lawmaker.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on Friday branded Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce-Enrile as a “super bully” and likened his involvement in the “pork barrel” scam to the sequel of Hunger Games movie: Catching Fire.
The Office of the Ombudsman announced on Thursday it has begun a preliminary investigation of Janet Lim-Napoles, Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla Jr. in connection with an alleged P10-billion racket to divert assistance intended for impoverished farmers to ghost projects and kickbacks.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales on Thursday ordered senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Ramon “Bong’ Revilla Jr. and Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada to answer within 10 days the plunder complaints filed regarding their alleged misuse of their pork barrel funds
Ombudsman Conchita-Morales strongly denied a memorandum that allegedly named Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce-Enrile as the mastermind of the P10 billion “pork barrel” funds scam.
A preliminary investigation and not the filing of cases against those involved in the alleged P10 billion pork barrel scam, has been recommended by an investigating arm of the Office of the Ombudsman, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales herself said on Thursday.
An investigative team of the Office of the Ombudsman has named Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile as the mastermind of the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam—not businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles, according to official documents obtained by Inquirer.
