Legal blow to Rama allies: Ombudsman junks 3rd case vs. Garcia

Pia Piquero 03/25/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has been cleared of a third complaint challenging his legitimacy in office, as the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed another case against him for lack of merit. The latest…

Mike Rama defiant after Ombudsman ruling: ‘Do not be swayed’

Pia Piquero 02/20/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Dismissed Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has urged his supporters to remain calm after the Office of the Ombudsman upheld its ruling that found him guilty of nepotism and grave misconduct. In a Facebook post…

Rama loses appeal: Ombudsman affirms dismissal for nepotism

Pia Piquero 02/19/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines –- The Office of the Ombudsman has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by dismissed Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, sustaining its September 9, 2024 ruling that found him guilty of nepotism and grave…

26 suspended employees of Mandaue City file two MRs

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/11/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The 26 suspended employees and \ Job Order employees of the Mandaue City Hall have filed two separate motions for reconsideration at the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Atty.…

Ombudsman probes Mayor Garcia, Police Colonel Cañete over alleged graft

Pia Piquero 02/08/2025

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas has found sufficient basis to investigate criminal and administrative complaints against Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia and Police Colonel Antonietto Cañete. The probe involves alleged violations of…

Mandaue Mayor Bercede, dismissed Mayor Cortes respond to cases in Ombud 

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/04/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Mandaue City Mayor Glenn Bercede and dismissed Mayor Jonas Cortes have submitted supplemental memoranda in response to their ongoing cases of grave misconduct and usurpation of authority, following a clarificatory hearing held by…

Ombudsman denies MR of dismissed Mandaue City mayor Jonas Cortes

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/03/2025

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes regarding his criminal case for allegedly allowing Suprea Phils, a cement batching plant, to…

Mayor Cortes’s motion for reconsideration in admin case junked

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/07/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Ombudsman has denied the motion for reconsideration of Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes’s in his administrative case involving an alleged unlawful appointment in the city government. The anti-graft body upheld its findings…

Mandaue Mayor Jonas Cortes dismissed from office – Ombudsman

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/03/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes has been found guilty of grave misconduct and is meted the penalty of dismissal from the office by Office of the Ombudsman. The complaint is anchored on the…

Rama to challenge Ombudsman ruling on nepotism case

Pia Piquero 09/26/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The legal team of preventively suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama is set to file a motion for reconsideration this week following the Office of the Ombudsman’s ruling on his nepotism case. In…

Rama’s camp awaits Ombudsman’s clarification on rumors of his dismissal

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/10/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After shutting down the rumors about suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s dismissal from service, his camp is now expectant that the “truth will prevail” in time. Rama’s legal team, represented by lawyers…

Mandaue Mayor Cortes talks about ‘suspension,’ plans if …

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/23/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes said he would continue to serve Mandauehanons if the suspension against him would be imposed by the Office of the Ombudsman. Cortes said that there’s no one who…

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