SC affirms ex-police chief Purisima’s suspension
THE SUPREME Court (SC) has upheld the six months preventive suspension of former Philippine National Police (PNP) director Alan L. Purisima issued by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2014 in connection with the alleged anomalous contract of the PNP with a courier service in 2011. In a statement released by the SC Public Information Office (PIO), the SC’s First Division denied Mr. Purisima’s petition for Review on Certiorari and upheld the Court of Appeal’s ruling that affirmed the preventive suspension issued by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. — >> See full story on