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Ombudsman suspends DICT Undersecretary Almirol
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The Manila TimesLead•10h ago
Ombudsman suspends DICT Undersecretary Almirol
THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the six-month preventive suspension without pay of Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary for E-Government David Almirol Jr. over alleged conflict of interest involving government contracts worth about P1.55 billion. In a seven-page order re

Coverage timeline (3 newsrooms, earliest first):
- •BusinessWorld OnlineOmbudsman suspends DICT usec
- •The Philippine StarDICT exec suspended over P1.5 billion contracts
- •The Manila TimesLeadOmbudsman suspends DICT Undersecretary Almirol
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