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Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors and auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) as deputized resident Ombudsmen are expected to be fielded this September in various government offices, Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra said on Monday, Aug. 30.
Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales Had the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on the “deficiencies” by the Department of Health (DOH) in the use of more than P67 billion in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) funds in 2020 happened during her time, former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales sa
endIndex: The Office of the Ombudsman has junked the graft complaints filed against former Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya and 16 other ex-officials of the Transportation Department in connection with the ₱4.2 billion MRT-3 maintenance deal with South Korea s Busan Joint Venture in 2016. (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 12) The Office of the Ombudsman has junked the graft complaints filed against former Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya and 16 other ex-officials of the Transportation Department in connection with the ₱4.2 billion MRT-3 maintenance deal with South Korea s Busan Joint Venture in 2016.
The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence. The evidence on record shows that the element of manifest partiality, evident bad faith and/or gross inexcusable negligence, so as to amount to a violation of Section (e) of RA No. 3019 is wanting, thereby warranting the dismissal of the complaints, stated the order signed by Ombudsman Samuel Martires on
THE sought-after SALN or Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen has gained public attention again with the filing of an impeachment complaint against him before the House of Representatives on December 7 by one Edwin Cordevilla.
Varying opinions have been issued in the media concerning the period by which the SALN can be made available to the public. Even retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio wrote in his column in another newspaper that, “Even if we assume, for the sake of argument, that Justice Leonen failed to file his SALNs while he was teaching at the University of the Philippines, any such crime has now prescribed. In the 2018 case of Melita del Rosario v. People of the Philippines, the Supreme Court ruled that the prescriptive period for failure to file a SALN is eight years. Justice Leonen left the University of the Philippines more than 10 years ago.”