Malacañang has implemented the suspension order handed down by the Office of the Ombudsman against five officials of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) over the allegedly anomalous grant of frequencies to a private telecommunications company.

Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea issued the order after the Ombudsman placed ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica, Deputy Director General Eduardo Bringas, division chief Sheryl Pura-Sumagui, and directors Jedrek Ng and Melamy Salvadora-Asperin under six-month preventive suspension in connection with a graft complaint filed against them by DITO Telecommunications Corp.