Race for Ombudsman begins as JBC starts interviews
The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has begun its public interviews for the position of Ombudsman following the retirement of former Ombudsman Samuel Martires.
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The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has begun its public interviews for the position of Ombudsman following the retirement of former Ombudsman Samuel Martires.
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Commission on Audit (CoA) chairman Gamaliel A. Cordoba has ordered a special audit of Minister Abdulraof A. Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and…
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The Office of the Ombudsman is a constitutionally independent body mandated to act on complaints against public officials and ensure accountability in…
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The corruption within the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) may be far more entrenched than previously thought, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said…
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We ordinary citizens are not asking for anything complicated; if anomalies have been committed, name those responsible.
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Pray tell, is the President free — if not immune — of blame, completely out of the loop and the larger net of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance that…
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Indeed, the scandals are deserving of thorough no-nonsense investigations, which at some point may tar even the probing senators themselves.
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The trail to the collusion of certain members of Congress and contractors, involving the slicing and dicing of pork barrel funds through substandard flood…
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Singson said he is willing to lead an independent panel to probe anomalies in the agency’s flood-control projects.
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‘We must fix what happened in the past. And if cases have to be filed, let’s file the cases.’
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Witnesses would crumble; not even Sara Duterte could handle that expression.
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The next Ombudsman must not only chase after the corrupt but also demonstrate how good governance is achievable and sustainable.
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Outlawing the pork barrel in the yearly budget, however, resulted in the unlimited creation of discretionary funds hidden in budget insertions.
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Former Ombudsman Samuel Martires, in a 20-page decision signed on 14 July 2025, found three respondents guilty of the administrative offense of Conduct…
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This led me to wonder when the constitutional body tasked with preventing all this from happening will come into the picture.
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Project-by-project transparency must also be implemented by proactively publishing comprehensive information on all flood-control initiatives.
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