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(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.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of graft and perjury charges against high-ranking officials of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Services and the Department of Education (DepEd) who figured in the alleged anomalous purchase of “overpriced” and “outdate
Among the former officials who the panel recommended to be slapped with charges are former Education Undersecretary Alain del Pascua and former PS-DBM officer-in-charge Executive Director Lloyd Christopher Lao.
The last major case tackled by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee resonated with Filipinos: the sweetheart deals for personal protective equipment worth about P9 billion awarded by the previous administration to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., a newly established firm with a paid-up capital of only P625,000.