The lawyers of former Makati Mayor Elenita Binay on Thursday scored the Office of the Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman for resurrecting three more dismissed cases against their client.
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The House committee on justice wants to amend the Ombudsman law, or Republic Act No. 6770, to favor officials facing complaints.
Ruby Tuason, former aide of former President Joseph Estrada, has promised to return some of the money she received from her dealings with alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles, Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said Friday.
Ruby Tuason, former aide of former President now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and one of those implicated in the pork barrel scam, is a state witness, her lawyer said.
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) on Wednesday indicted six incumbent and former officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PHIC or PhilHealth) on multiple counts of graft for alleged misuse of funds.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has approved the filing of criminal charges against former Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Mark E. Jalandoni and former Assistant Ombudsman Nennette M. de Padua for allegedly tampering with official documents.
The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed a 2012 Ombudsman decision dismissing three policemen from the service over the arrest of a member of the Abu Sayyaf in 2006.
The filing of perjury and nondeclaration of assets charges against ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife, Cristina, was “not political persecution” but a “logical continuation” of the impeachment trial that ended with Corona’s conviction on May 29, 2012, Malacañang said on Thursday.
Former Chief Justice Renato Corona on Wednesday branded as harassment the recent case of forfeiture and perjury against him and his family and said he will fight the case “knowing that the truth is on my side.”
Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday appealed to groups adversarial to her family to spare her mother, former Makati Mayor Dra. Elenita Binay, from “political circus.”
The Ombudsman has ordered the filing of a graft case against Bacolod Mayor Monico Puentevella and two others in the Sandiganbayan for the alleged overpriced purchase of information technology (IT) packages from 2002 to 2006 that were bought using his pork barrel when he was a congressman.
A plunder complaint against Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor) President Honesto Baniqued was filed at the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday for allegedly amassing P1.07 billion.
