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THE Ombudsman yesterday said the Capas, Tarlac Regional Trial Court has exclusive jurisdiction over cases filed against dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo, adding “the warrant of arrest issued by the Senate cannot be superior to the warrant issued by the RTC.”
THE Sandiganbayan has reversed and set aside its November 7, 2023 decision that affirmed the conviction of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) – Special Investigation Division intelligence officer Francis Mercado on one count of graft.
THE Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) does not have to pay the P4,368,000 claim filed by a Davao City-based information technology (IT) services provider on the ground that the person who filed the petition has no legal capacity to do so.
FORMER Albay Governor Noel Rosal has been ordered dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman even as his wife, incumbent Legazpi City mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal, was suspended for one year after they were both pronounced guilty of administrative offenses.
THE Sandiganbayan has affirmed the validity of the graft and falsification charges filed on June 28, 2024 against former Agriculture Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista, executives of the Food Terminal Inc (FTI), and private defendants connected to Bonena Multi-Purpose Cooperative in relation to alleged irregularities in the procurement of P133 million worth of onions in December 2022 to January 2023.
PRIVATE contractor Foundation Specialists Inc. (FSI) has failed in its bid to collect P398.08 million plus interest from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for mobilizing manpower and equipment for a road project that was subsequently terminated.
DISCLOSURES by the Department of Education (DepEd) under the Executive Summary of its 2023 audit report showed more than 30,000 teachers and teaching-related personnel left the agency between 2022 and 2023, the only full year of Vice President Sara Duterte as Education secretary.