Malacañang expressed confidence Tuesday, Oct. 26 that the government would be able distribute the P1-billion fuel subsidy it had committed to the public transport sector before the end of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's Facebook) Presidential...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair and Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday welcomed the National Privacy Commission (NPC) for saying that the law on data privacy rights cannot be invoked as an excuse to evade legal proceedings. Gordon, who leads the Senate’s hearing into the alleged anomalous...
Senator Richard Gordon said it was very clear that President Duterte is at the center of the “grand conspiracy” to defraud the government of billions of pesos at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Gordon made the remark when he released the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s initial...
Senators are eyeing a special provision under the proposed 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that would put an end to the practice of government agencies of transferring their funds to the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said the government should ban Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group from doing business in the country over its non-payment of income and other taxes after bagging multi-billion contracts with the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Tuesday released its preliminary report on its investigation on the alleged anomalies in the government’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic funds and recommended that charges be filed against a former state economic adviser, Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday called out “trolls” at the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s hearing into the government’s alleged anomalous procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. In his opening statement before proceeding with...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and six other government agencies signed Monday, Oct.18, a “landmark” convergence pact to forge and promote “deeper” scientific and technological collaboration in an effort to optimize investments and impact of research and development...
Senator Francis Tolentino is pushing the approval of a bill that would prohibit officers-in-charge of agencies from signing and entering into long-term and huge contracts in behalf of the government. Former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged President Duterte to heed the call of the country’s medical experts and former health secretaries “not to obstruct” the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the anomalous transactions involving the government’s...
DIWA Partylist Rep. Michael Aglipay, chairman of the House Committee on Good Government, disclosed Wednesday, Oct. 6, that the chamber decided to step into the controversy surrounding the alleged overpricing of over billions of pesos in COVID-19 supplies when the name of President Rodrigo Duterte...
For former senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito, President Duterte should not be taking the cudgels for his men amid the Senate's ongoing investigation on the alleged irregularities in the government's purchases for COVID-19 response. Former Senator JV Ejercito (Cesar Tomambo/Senate PRIB) Ejercito...
