A poll watchdog has asked the Ombudsman to investigate three commissioners of the Commission on Elections led by its chairman, Sixto Brillantes Jr., for culpability in the “serious glitches” that marred the recent elections.
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales on Friday pledged to support two major anticorruption programs of the Aquino administration that are “geared toward building a corruption-intolerant society.”
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales ordered the filing of graft case against former People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI) General Manager and consultant for the questionable disbursement of more than P13 million in sales commissions from 2006 to 2008.
A poll watchdog group has filed graft and corruption charges with the Ombudsman against former officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) led by former Chairman Jose Melo and officers of Smartmatic and Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) for “imperiling” the 2010 and 2013 elections with the use of “highly suspect” and “terribly faulty” precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines.
THE Bureau of Customs has yet to receive the Ombudsman’s order suspending Cebu Customs collector Maximo dela Peña Reyes.
The Office of the Ombudsman on Monday suspended a customs collector for failing a lifestyle check which showed a P57.3 million increase in his net worth in a span of 10 years.
Former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chair Efraim Genuino posted bail on Friday for 39 counts of graft and malversation filed by the Ombudsman against him and six other former Pagcor executives.
The Office of the Ombudsman on Thursday ordered the dismissal of Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Commissioner Alfredo Y. Po after finding him guilty of having demanded and received a commission from the rentals paid by the PRC for its satellite office in Baguio City.
“Stay out of the case.” This was the appeal of businessman and mayoralty candidate Efrain Pelaez Jr. to Deputy Ombudsman Pelagio Apostol a day after they exchanged heated words in Apostol’s Office over alleged foot dragging in complaints filed by Pelaez.
The Office of the Ombudsman has asked two members of the Sandiganbayan Third Division to inhibit themselves from hearing the graft case against businessman Roberto Ongpin and former officials of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for conflict of interest.
The case filed by a group calling itself Concerned City Hall Employees against Calapan City Mayor Paulino Salvador Leachon at the Office of the Ombudsman is just part of black propaganda, the mayor said in a statement.
A mayor has been accused of nepotism for allegedly appointing a relative in office.
The Office of the Ombudsman has asked the Sandiganbayan to allow the withdrawal of a graft case against former Records Management and Archives Office (RMAO) Director Ricardo Manapat after confirming that he had died.
