THE Office of the Ombudsman has indicted former Daanbantayan mayor Ma. Luisa Loot and incumbent Councilor Sammy Moralde for malversation of public fund and violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. Their indictment stemmed from alleged…
The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted former Mayor of Daanbantayan, Ma. Luisa Loot and councilor Sammy Moralde for malversation of public fund and violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. They and are set to…
DESPITE having assumed the mayorship of Dumanjug town for the past 10 days, Rene Asentista has not yet fully discharged his new function. He admitted that he has not yet signed any legal documents, especially those involving…
Former Dumanjug town mayor Nelson Garcia said that he will file before the Office of the Ombudsman today, Friday, an opposition to the motion for reconsideration filed by recently dismissed Dumanjug Mayor Efren “Gungun” Gica. Raising several…
Be it in Aloguinsan town in southern Cebu or Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island, the dismissed or suspended official will be replaced by a relative or an ally. Aloguinsan Mayor Augustus Caesar Moreno’s projected departure from office…
CEBU CITY –This is one scene that is rare in Philippine politics: a city mayor chose not to fight tooth and nail for her post. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza went to the office of the Department…
THE Office of the Ombudsman is seeking to put Bogo City Vice Mayor Maria Cielo Martinez under preventive suspension pending the graft and malversation case filed against her. Prosecutors Jennifer Agustin-Se and Jennifer Carreon filed the motion…
Former Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. pleaded not guilty to graft, malversation and falsification of public documents charges over the overpriced Makati car park building. Binay attended his conditional arraignment before the Sandiganbayan Third Division…
CEBU Gov. Hilario Davide III, a Capitol treasurer, a provincial board member and 12 barangay chiefs and treasurers will be facing malversation raps before the Ombudsman for Visayas. One Cebu Party said in a statement that the…
DUMANJUG Vice Mayor Efren Gica posted a P40,000 bail for malversation charges filed against him at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) last Tuesday. Presiding Judge Leopoldo Cañete of RTC Branch 60 in Barili signed his release order.…
A former clerk of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted on charges of malversation of funds for pocketing P1.2 million in government funds two decades ago. Crispiniano Ligan, special collection officer assigned at…
A FORMER clerk of the Bureau of Customs in Lapu-Lapu City was convicted by the court on charges of malversation of funds for pocketing P1.2 million in government funds two decades ago. Crispiniano Ligan, a former collection…
