Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, October 12, lamented the recent fire incident at the Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3), saying the government should be making sure that public transport remains safe, not only from COVID-19, but also from accidents. One of the cars of MRT-3 Southbound caught fire at...
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...
Krizle Grace Mago, an incorporator and former regulatory officer of embattled Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corporation, on Monday, Oct. 4 retracted her statement in admitting before the Senate that the firm had “swindled” government, stressing that it was a “pressured response” to a question...
With P110 billion for 2022, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is focused in developing the country’s land-based rail system for high-capacity transport for goods and people. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade inspects the Lucena Station in Quezon Province, one of the 35 stations of the...
The Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier admitted to tampering the manufacturing dates of face shields they delivered to the government failed to appear in the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19 pandemic...
The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) that sits in a 54,000-hectare area in Sta. Ana, Cagayan was not able to generate income since last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Nevertheless, it continues to build...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday,Sept. 29 slammed the lawyer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation director Linconn Ong for accusing her of bribing the company’s former warehouse staff who testified on the alleged substandard face shields the firm delivered to the government. Hontiveros,...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bills that would allow Metro Manila water concessionaires Manila Water Company and Maynilad Water Services Inc. to operate for 25 more years. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Voting 23-0-0, senators on Monday, Sept. 27, passed House Bills No. 9422...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has dismissed a Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official's claim that the firm sold the government "spoiled" face shields, saying that it's practically an unsubstantiated testimony. received_687346018889246 "Ngayon lumalabas po itong mga bagong isyu na ito, ano....
ALL IS GRACE: An Autobiography Francisco S. Tatad At 82, 50 years as a journalist, writer, Cabinet minister, Batasan member, Senate majority leader to six Senate presidents, and international pro-life worker, former Senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad has come out with his autobiography, entitled,...
The Department of Health (DOH) played a major role in the procurement by government of allegedly overpriced face masks and face shields at the height of the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. DOH logo virus background Former Commission on Audit Chairperson Grace Pulido Tan pointed...
The Commission on Audit may still conduct a fraud audit of the reported overpricing of billions of pesos worth of face masks and face shields if sought by citizens or requested by any agency. 4C066E0A-F172-4FC2-A79E-EBEC6BE79E53_4_5005_c Former Commission on Audit Chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan aired...
