Office Of The Ombudsman Philippines (disambiguation)

• Office of the Ombudsman (Philippines)

  Also: Tanodbayan (Filipino title), Ombudsman of the Philippines, Office of the Special Prosecutor (its litigation arm, often referenced in cases)

  The Office of the Ombudsman (Filipino: Tanodbayan) is an independent constitutional body of the Philippines mandated to investigate and prosecute government officials and employees accused…

• Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)

  Also: CHR (common abbreviation), Komisyon sa Karapatang Pantao (Filipino name), Commission on Human Rights (official English name)

  The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is an independent constitutional office of the Philippines mandated to investigate, on its own or on complaint, all forms…

• Commission on Audit (Philippines)

  Also: COA (common abbreviation), Komisyon ng Pagsusuri (Filipino rendering), Supreme audit institution of the Philippines (functional description)

  The Commission on Audit (COA) is an independent constitutional commission of the Philippines mandated to examine, audit, and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenue…

• Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)

  Also: BIR (common abbreviation), Kawanihan ng Rentas Internas (Filipino name), Bureau of Internal Revenue (official English name)

  The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is the national tax authority of the Philippines, responsible for assessing and collecting internal revenue taxes, including income tax,…

• Ombudsman of the Philippines

  The Ombudsman of the Philippines, formally the Office of the Ombudsman (Filipino: Tanggapan ng Tanodbayan), is an independent constitutional body created under the 1987 Constitution…

• Neri v. Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations

  Also: Neri v. Senate — the short citation in Philippine constitutional literature, Neri v. Senate Committees — the collective designation of the three respondent committees, The Neri case

  Neri v. Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations (G.R. No. 180643, March 25, 2008, decided en banc by the Supreme Court of…

• Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)

  Also: CHR — the standard Philippine abbreviation, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines — the international-style styling, The constitutional Commission on Human Rights — the usage distinguishing it from the United Nations commission of the same 1946–2006 name

  The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is the independent constitutional office that the 1987 Constitution ordains in Article XIII, Section 17 — "There is hereby…

• Senate of the Philippines

  Also: Philippine Senate, Philippine Senate — the common short form in news and official usage, Upper House — its designation in the Constitution's bicameral Congress

  The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the Congress of the Philippines, a 24-member body elected nationwide. Created by the Jones Law…

• Corruption in the Philippines

  Also: Graft and corruption — the standard Philippine legal-administrative phrase, Political corruption in the Philippines — the scholarly framing, Korapsyon — the Filipino-language term in general usage

  Corruption in the Philippines is the abuse of public office for private gain as it has recurred through Philippine political history — from practices rooted…

• Flood Control Projects Scandal in the Philippines

  Also: Flood control corruption scandal, Philippines Under Water Senate probe (the Senate Blue Ribbon investigation's name), 2025 Philippine flood control scandal

  The Flood Control Projects Scandal in the Philippines is a corruption controversy concerning billions of pesos in government funding for flood control projects, involving allegations…

• Bureau of Customs (Philippines)

  Also: BOC, Bureau of Customs, Customs

  The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is the Philippine government agency responsible for customs administration — assessing and collecting duties and taxes on imported goods, controlling…

• Civil Service Commission (Philippines)

  Also: CSC, Civil Service Commission, Komisyon ng Serbisyo Sibil (Filipino)

  The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the central personnel agency of the Government of the Philippines and, under the 1987 Constitution, an independent constitutional commission…

• Office of the Ombudsman

  Also: Tanodbayan, Ombudsman of the Philippines, Office of the Ombudsman (Philippines)

  The Office of the Ombudsman (Tanodbayan) is the independent constitutional body of the Philippines charged with investigating and prosecuting public officials for illegal, unjust, improper,…

• Malampaya Fund

  The Malampaya Fund is the special account of the Philippine government into which the state's share of revenues from the Malampaya gas field accrues, constituted…

• Civil Service Commission

  The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the central personnel agency of the Philippine government, established as an independent constitutional commission under Article IX-B of the…

• Anti-Plunder Act (Republic Act No. 7080)

  The Anti-Plunder Act of 1991, Republic Act No. 7080, defines and penalizes plunder as the amassing of ill-gotten wealth by a public officer through a…

• Impeachment

  Impeachment is the constitutional process by which the Philippine Congress may remove the highest officials of the state — the President, the Vice-President, the Members…

• Republic Act No. 3019 (Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act)

  Also: Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, RA 3019, Graft Law of 1960

  Republic Act No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, is the foundational Philippine statute penalizing corruption by public officers. Enacted on 17 August 1960,…

• Human Security Act of 2007

  Also: Republic Act No. 9372, RA 9372, Human Security Act

  The Human Security Act of 2007 is the short title of Republic Act No. 9372, the Philippines' first statute to define terrorism as a distinct…

• Insurance Commission

  Also: IC, Insurance Commission of the Philippines, Office of the Insurance Commissioner

  The Insurance Commission (IC) is the agency of the Philippine government that regulates and supervises the country's insurance industry — life and non-life insurers, professional…

• National Food Authority

  Also: NFA, National Grains Authority, NGA

  The National Food Authority (NFA) is the Philippine government agency responsible for maintaining the national rice buffer stock, created by President Ferdinand Marcos under Presidential…

• Bureau of Immigration

  Also: BI, Philippine Bureau of Immigration, Bureau of Immigration of the Philippines

  The Bureau of Immigration (BI) (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Imigrasyon) is the immigration and deportation law-enforcement agency of the Philippines — the bureau attached to the…

• Sherwin Gatchalian

  Also: Win Gatchalian, Win, Sherwin Ting Gatchalian

  Sherwin Gatchalian (born April 6, 1974) — Sherwin Ting Gatchalian, universally known as Win Gatchalian — is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as Senate…

• Chiz Escudero

  Also: Francis Escudero, Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero, Francis Joseph G. Escudero

  Chiz Escudero — Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero, born October 10, 1969, in Manila — is a Filipino politician and lawyer, a member of the Nationalist…

• Ferdinand Martin Romualdez

  Also: Martin Romualdez, Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, Ferdinand Martin Romualdez Sr.

  Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez Sr. (born November 14, 1963, Manila) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer, and politician — the Representative of the First Legislative District…

• Notice of Disallowance

  Also: ND, Disallowance, Audit disallowance

  A notice of disallowance (ND) is the principal accountability instrument of the Commission on Audit (COA) of the Philippines: the written audit decision by which…

• Judicial and Bar Council

  Also: JBC — the universal initialism, used alike in the constitutional commentaries and the Council's own record, The Council — the short form the constitutional text itself uses ("The Council shall have the principal function of recommending appointees to the Judiciary")

  The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is the constitutional body created by Article VIII, Sections 8 and 9 of the 1987 Constitution whose "principal function"…

• Republic Act No. 1379

  Also: Forfeiture of Unlawfully Acquired Property Act — the descriptive designation used for the statute in Philippine legal literature and in this wiki's related entries, The forfeiture law / the forfeiture statute — the short designations used in discussions of the anti-graft framework, RA 1379 — the standard citation form

  Republic Act No. 1379, approved on June 18, 1955 and titled "An Act Declaring Forfeiture in Favor of the State Any Property Found to Have…

• Administrative Code of 1987

  Also: Executive Order No. 292, EO 292, The Administrative Code

  The Administrative Code of 1987 is Executive Order No. 292, promulgated on July 25, 1987 and captioned "Instituting the 'Administrative Code of 1987'." It was…

• Commission on Appointments

  Also: Commission on Appointments of the Philippines, CA (standard abbreviation in Philippine political reporting)

  The Commission on Appointments (CA) is the constitutional commission of the Philippines that confirms, rejects, or withholds action on certain appointments made by the President…

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