Rama, 4 others face graft raps over ‘garbage’ services

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City mayor, now Vice Mayor Michael Rama and four former members of the Bids and Awards Committee are facing charges of graft and corruption at the Sandiganbayan for procuring waste disposal…

Duterte faces impeachment

Inquirer.net 03/16/2017

A former soldier turned lawmaker on Thursday filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte, the first move to oust the Chief Executive just a few months after his election into office. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed…

SUSPENDED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/19/2017

The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has ordered a six-month preventive suspension of all the village officials of Barangay Ermita in Cebu City pending an investigation on their alleged failure to cooperate in a drug…

Cuenco, Yapha charged with graft for 2004 project

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/14/2016

FORMER congressmen Antonio Cuenco of Cebu City’s second district and Antonio Yapha Jr. of Cebu’s 3rd district were indicted for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019) by the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman found probable…

Ubay mayor faces graft complaints

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/30/2015

FIVE municipal councilors of Ubay in Bohol yesterday filed a string of graft charges against Mayor Galicano Atup for his involvement in alleged questionable transactions. Atup was sued before the Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas…

Gwen hits Davide for failing to rebuild CICC

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/10/2015

The campaign period hasn’t started yet but this early, Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia fired off several shots at Cebu Gov. Hilario Davide III’s administration. In a press statement, Garcia, the former governor, voiced her displeasure over Davide’s failure…

Ombud tasked to finish admin cases ahead of polls

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/17/2015

With less than a year before the elections, the Ombudsman-Visayas said it is speeding up the resolution of administrative cases filed against local elective officials. Paul Elmer Clemente, Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas, said there are 29…

Binay associate decries freeze order on firms’ assets, says AMLC ‘lied to CA’

05/17/2015

MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Antonio L. Tiu scored the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Sunday, for including in its  freeze order request his companies’ bank accounts, saying these were all used in legitimate transactions. “The AMLC lied to…

Should Cebu city gov’t pay ACT for city scholarships?

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/25/2015

The Cebu City Government wants the Commission on Audit (COA) to give a clear opinion on whether  the city should  pay the Asian College of Technology International Educational Foundation (ACTIEF) for the city’s scholars. City Legal Officer…

Former LTO-7 director nabbed for graft

Chito O. Aragon 12/10/2014

Barangay  Talamban councilman and former Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) regional director Alex Leyson was arrested by operatives of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-7) for graft. Police served the arrest warrant issued by Regional Trial…

Changing attitude towards corruption

12/01/2014

  There’s something to feel good about the 2013 National Household Survey on Experience with Corruption in the Philippines. It  showed that fewer Filipino families give bribes or grease money to government officials. According to a Philippine…

LTO-7 HR officer nabbed for graft for third time

Chito O. Aragon 11/28/2014

The human resource officer of the Land Transportation Office (LTO-7) was arrested yesterday by policemen from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) inside his office on N. Bacalso Ave. for graft. But Joel Maloloy-on immediately posted…

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