Ombudsman orders 6-month suspension of 12 officials linked to flood control mess

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered a six-month preventive suspension of 12 officials linked to the anomalous flood control project in Oriental Mindoro. Atty. Juanito Lim, counsel of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) maintenance division chief Juliet Calvo, disclosed the suspension when justices of the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division inquired