Most number of cases filed before Ombudsman from LGUs, PNP, DepEd

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MANILA, Philippines - Local Government Units (LGU) topped the list of goverment agencies with the most number of graft and corruption-related cases filed before the Office of the Ombudsman last year.  

A report from the OMB's Finance and Management Information Office showed that a total of 3,852 cases were filed by LGUs before the Office. This was followed by the Phillippine  National Police with 1,128 cases, and the Department of Education with 562 cases. 
Other agencies on the list that filed cases before the OMB are as follows: 

Phil. Information Agency - 490

Bureau of Internal Revenue - 416

Armed Forces of the Phils. - 304

Bureau of Customs - 177

Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources - 155

Dept. of Social Welfare and Development - 148

Dept. of Justice - 98

Dept. of Finance - 92

Dept. of Health - 87

Dept. of Public Works and Highways - 86

Dept. of Agrarian Reform - 81

Commission on Higher Education - 57

Commission on Election - 54

National Labor Relations Commission - 48

Bureau of Fire Protection - 47

National Bureau of Investigation -  45

National Economic Development Authority - 45

The OMB said 14 agencies that only filed one case each last year are as follows: 

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 

Bureau of Local Government Finance

Civil Aviation Authority

Commission on Human Rights

Commission on Information and Communication Technology

Cooperative Development Authority

Dept. of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board

Malolos City government  

Dept. of Foreign Affairs 

Government Service Insurance System 

Laguna Lake Development Authority 

Local Civil Registrar 

Phil. National Oil Company

Senate of the Philippines and  

Technical Education Skills and Development Authority

Meanwhile, there were only two cases filed against officials of the Dept. of Tourism, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority, National Statistics Office, Phil. Veterans Affairs Office, and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority. 

Three cases were filed against officials of the Metro Iloilo Water District, while four cases were filed against officials of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board, Land Bank of the Phils, National Food Authority, National Police Commission, and the Phil. Coconut Authority 

Agencies that filed five cases were the Airport Police, Civil Service Commission, Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board, and Prison Guards.

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