CEBU, PHILIPPINES — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to charge Borbon, Cebu Vice Mayor and former mayor Noel T. Dotillos with ten counts of alleged violations of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt...
CEBU, PHILIPPINES — The Office of the Ombudsman has formally filed graft charges against suspended Minglanilla Mayor Rajiv Enad, Vice Mayor Elanito Peña and 11 other local officials for deliberately blocking a quarry rehabilitation plan despite clearances from national...
CEBU, PHILIPPINES — The Court of Appeals (CA) has declared invalid the six-month preventive suspension imposed by the Office of the Ombudsman on then Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia, ruling that the anti-graft body committed grave abuse of discretion and...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Minglanilla’s top officials—including Mayor Rajiv Enad and Vice Mayor Lani Peña – are set for a one-year suspension without pay after failing to issue a key permit tied to public safety. The suspension was ordered...
CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Mandaue City government has filed a criminal complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman–Visayas against a former cash clerk of the Mandaue City Treasurer’s Office (MCTO), who was dismissed last year for alleged misappropriation...
Flooded streets, mud-covered vehicles, and scattered debris lined the main roads of Liloan in the aftermath of Typhoon Tino’s onslaught—captured on November 4, just hours after the storm ravaged Cebu. | Photo by Aldo Banaynal CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES —...
Ombudsman finds ex-Carcar mayor Apura guilty of conduct unbecoming of a public officer in land dispute complaint, but clears him of other charges for lack of evidence. | Photo Courtesy: patrickroque01 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via wikipedia.org CEBU CITY,...
The controversial Captain’s Peak Resort at the foot of the Chocolate Hills in Sagbayan, Bohol. | File Photo CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — Seventeen government officials, including a town mayor and regional environment executives, have been dismissed from the service by...
Photo courtesy: Ombudsman building by Patrickroque01 and file photo of former Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia. CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Office of the Ombudsman has found former Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia guilty of conduct prejudicial to the best interest of...
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