Archive for March 2009
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Twenty-three (23) Charged with Plunder for Tax Credit Scam
The Office of the Ombudsman today (19 March) ordered the filing of Plunder and other criminal charges against 23 officials of the Dept. of Finance (DOF) and private individuals for defrauding the government of more than P73.76M in the form of tax credits issued from 1994 to 1996.
In an 81-page Joint Resolution, the Office [...]
Research symposium held for first-ever Center for Asian Integrity
The Office of the Ombudsman, in coordination with the Asian Development Bank, Griffith University and the University of the Philippines conducted a research symposium recently for the Center for Asian Integrity (CAI), Asia-Pacific’s first regional anti-corruption university.
Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez led the opening of the symposium, which aims to generate ideas for [...]
Media Killing Media
Over the recent death of Ka Ernie Rollin, a hard-hitting radio commentator in Misamis Occidental, one thing stirred my head: how come media kills media? Yes, in Ka Rollin’s death, the media community of Ozamis City failed in its utmost sense to stand where it should. By failing to do so, they have contributed in [...]
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