BUDGET HEARING: Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales (left) and Senator Loren Legarda (center) exchange pleasantries before the start of the public hearing on the proposed 2015 budget of the Office of the Ombudsman Tuesday, October 7, 2014. The Office of the Ombudsman is proposing a P1.73 million budget for next year. According to Carpio, the agency currently has 363 lawyers and needs 360 more lawyers. (PRIB Photo by Romeo Bugante/07 September 2014).