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Statement of the Office of the Ombudsman

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales commends the Philippine National Police for its immediate handling of the senseless killing of ASP Madonna Joy Tanyag which resulted in the just as immediate apprehension of the killer. ASP Tanyag is known to her colleagues as a...

CDO prosecutor suspended over workplace dispute

The Office of the Ombudsman found Associate Provincial Prosecutor Joan Albarece of the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor (OPP) of Misamis Oriental, Cagayan De Oro, guilty of Simple Misconduct and imposed the penalty of suspension for one month and one day. The case...

Sandiganbayan convicts Quezon ex-mayor of falsification

The Sandiganbayan convicted former mayor Cesar Alpay of Unisan, Quezon Province, of 19 counts of Falsification of Public Documents under Article 171 of the Revised Penal Code (RPC) for irregularities in the “Isang Bayan, Isang Produkto, Isang Milyong Programa ni GMA.”...

Former Caloocan brgy. officials convicted of graft

Presiding Judge Georgina Hidalgo of Branch 122 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Caloocan City convicted former Barangay Chairman Rafael Oxales, Barangay Councilors Santos Campo Jr. and Rodolfo Bacolod, all from Barangay 181, District 1, Caloocan City, of violation...