Complaint against Tomas Osmeña, ex-city officials over Kawit Island deal dismissed

Rashe Zoe Sophia Piquero 10/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The complaint against former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and his City Council during his term filed by whistleblower Crisologo Saavedra over the P18-billion Kawit Island deal has been dismissed. A copy of the 21-page…

City to Ombuds: Probe MCWD officials for alleged graft and corruption

Wenilyn Sabalo 06/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has requested the Ombudsman Visayas to investigate the allegations of corruption and graft practices against the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). Lawyer Jerone Castillo, Cebu City legal officer, said…

NBI-7 denies committing abuse in raid vs. e-sabong in Minglanilla

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/02/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has denied accusations that its agents committed abuse during the raid they conducted against a cockpit arena in Minglanilla, Cebu. The NBI-7 said in…

Graft, falsification charges: Visayas Ombudsman pursues criminal probe on Caindec, Dr. Oñez

Doris C. Bongcac, Futch Anthony Inso 02/07/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — After finding “enough basis to proceed with the criminal investigation,” the Office of the Ombudsman Visayas has ordered Victor Caindec, director of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7), and Dr. Emmarielle…

Capitol to file cases vs DPWH officials over UN Avenue project mess

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has had enough with the potholes and other road defects still found on U.N. Avenue in Mandaue City. During a press conference on Wednesday, December 14 Garcia announced that…

Ombudsman clears 2 Mandaue village chiefs of SAP anomalies

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/25/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed administrative and criminal charges filed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) against two barangay captains in Mandaue City. Patricio Soco of Barangay Alang-Alang…

Ombudsman junks 4 complaints against Lapu-Lapu Mayor Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 03/17/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman Visayas has dismissed four complaints that were filed against Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan. Among the complaints that were dismissed by the Ombudsman is the violation of…

SC upholds CA decision clearing Gwen over Balili property cases

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/30/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – “Justice has prevailed, as always.” This was the comment of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on the Supreme Court (SC) ruling, affirming the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to dismiss the administrative…

Gwen on admin cases filed against her: Baseless and ridiculous

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – “Baseless and ridiculous.” This was how Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia described the administrative cases filed against her for allegedly mishandling the COVID-19 outbreak in the province. “They are making a mockery of the…

Charges filed against Labella, Rama, other city execs for Carbon modernization

Dyrecka Letigio 09/08/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A group of Cebu City residents has filed charges of grave misconduct and corruption against Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, Vice Mayor Michael Rama, some City Council members, and other city officials over…

Ombudsman not yet inclined to probe DOH

Mariejo S. Ramos 08/23/2021

Ombudsman Samuel Martires said on Friday that he would rather wait for the Department of Health (DOH) to comply with the recommendations of state auditors before launching a probe of the agency’s alleged irregularities. “The Office of…

Ombudsman: Suspension vs 7 cops over illegal arrest of suspects in Bohol town mayor’s slay

Philippine Daily Inquirer 08/10/2021

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the three-month suspension of seven policemen who were accused of illegally arresting three suspects in the 2017 killing of Mayor Gisela Boniel of Bien Unido…

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