Jun 27, 2017 | Press Release
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered that former Bacolod Representative Monico Puentevella be tried for Malversation of Public Funds and violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019) before the Sandiganbayan. This,...
Jun 23, 2017 | Press Release
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 114 of Pasay City has convicted three former Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) employees for violation of Section 3 (b) of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019). The personnel were sentenced to...
Jun 22, 2017 | Press Release
The Sandiganbayan has sentenced Mayor Lucio Gonzales of Pilar, Surigao del Norte, to imprisonment of six to ten years after he was found guilty of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (Republic Act No. 3019). Mayor Gonzales was also...
Jun 22, 2017 | Press Release
A former Mayor of the Municipality of Tayasan, Province of Negros Oriental is facing indictment before the Sandiganbayan for failing to liquidate cash advances granted to him for his travel and field operations expenses. This, after the Office of the Ombudsman found...
Jun 21, 2017 | Press Release
For misusing more than P24million in soldiers’ contributions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines Retirement and Separation Benefits System (AFP-RSBS), the Sandiganbayan has convicted former AFP-RSBS President B/Gen. Jose Ramiscal, Jr. of two counts of violation of...
Jun 21, 2017 | Press Release
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of an information for Nepotism against former San Dionisio, Iloilo Mayor Peter Paul King Lopez for appointing his son, Carlos Paul Lopez, as Acting Licensing Officer of the municipality in 2015. Records show that...