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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.
Ombudsman orders suspension of DepEd, PS-DBM officials over laptop procurement mess
THE Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, two other former budget officials—one of them later becoming the overall deputy ombudsman—and several Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for allegedly conspiring to…
After an inquiry that lasted several months and the detention for contempt of three of the persons implicated in the deal, the Senate Blue Ribbon committee in the 18th Congress came up with its findings and recommendations on the apparent sweetheart deals awarded by the previous administration to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp.
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman says current PS-DBM Executive Director Dennis Santiago assures transparency during the investigation of the Ombudsman