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The Office of the Ombudsman has placed 12 Department of Education (DepEd) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) officials under six-month preventive suspension without pay over the purchase of alleged overpriced laptops for teachers during the Duterte administration.
(1st UPDATE) The Ombudsman explains that it found sufficient grounds to suspend the officials 'considering that there is strong evidence showing their guilt.' DepEd says they will abide by the order.
THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of several officials and employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) for their alleged involvement in the purchase of overpriced laptops.
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, August 25 said he does not believe that the immediate abolition of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Services (DBM-PS) would solve the corruption issues hounding the agency. Among the senators who believe the DBM-PS should be abolished
Senate starts probe into 'overpriced, outdated' laptops