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Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival is facing criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas over his alleged refusal to stop the Monterrazas de Cebu development project despite documented environmental violations, as well as his alleged undisclosed property interest in the high-end subdivision in Barangay Guadalupe.

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Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said that Legarda is currently having her third extension of a travel authority granted for medical reasons.

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Hinatulan ng Sandiganbayan ng anim na taon na pagkabilanggo ang isang dating mayor sa isang bayan sa Tuguegarao City at misis nito nang mapatunayan na guilty sa kasong graft.

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Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan to allow him to post bail in connection with his plunder charge.

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A denied rehabilitation plan led to graft charges against Minglanilla officials.

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Sen. Francis Escudero has dismissed claims that his attendance at the June 3 Senate session and his subsequent move to the bloc headed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian were motivated by political favors.

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Politics and accountability should never be mixed in the case of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said.

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Sen. Jinggoy Estrada posted bail of P90,000 at the Sandiganbayan on Friday, May 29, over graft charges linked to the multibillion-peso flood control scandal.

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Caloocan 3rd District Rep. Dean Asistio is facing complaints of graft, malversation of public funds and falsification of documents before the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged “ghost” and anomalous infrastructure projects worth P72.9 million.

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Corruption charges will be filed against 45 current and former officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) over alleged irregularities in the procurement of firetrucks from 2018 to 2024, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

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Hinatulan ng Sandiganbayan ng anim na taon na pagkabilanggo ang isang dating mayor sa isang bayan sa Tuguegarao City at misis nito nang mapatunayan na guilty sa kasong graft.

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