Manila Bulletin
LGUs, DPWH district offices log high in corruption complaints
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Task Force Against Corruption has received 220 corruption complaints from January to June 9, with local government units (LGUs) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) being the most frequent subjects.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra stated that many complaints involved joint anomalous transactions between LGUs and DPWH district engineering offices.
The task force has acted on 210 complaints so far.
Other agencies with a significant number of complaints include the Land Registration Authority, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Bureau of Customs.
At least 15 cases were endorsed to the Office of the Ombudsman and another 15 were referred to the National Bureau of Investigation for further investigation.
The Ombudsman's office, Commission on Audit, and the DOJ are finalizing a memorandum of agreement to revive the deployment of resident ombudsmen in certain graft-prone agencies.
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