"I wouldn't be President Duterte if I were corrupt like you." President Rodrigo Duterte listens to the presentation of his Cabinet members during the "Talk to the People" public briefing on Nov. 2, 2021 (Malacañang photo) This was the Chief Executive's comeback on Wednesday, Nov. 3 , against...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday branded two executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation “Senate fugitives” after they stopped participating in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s ongoing investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19 supplies. Gordon said the actions of...
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee on Thursday October 28 asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to create a Task Force to investigate a potential P7.56 billion in income taxes due from suppliers of P42 billion worth of COVID 19-related medical supplies through contracts given by the Procurement...
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...
THE LEGAL FRONT Justice Arturo D. Brion The election period has hardly started but its intensity at the national level is already palpable. One indicator is the developing tension between the Executive and the Legislature due to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation of the purchase of...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday, Oct. 22 told Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, to just submit the documents being asked by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. As far as he is concerned, Gordon said Mohit and his sister Twinkle Dargani, Pharmally’s president, has...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday, Oct. 22 welcomed the result of the investigation of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) on the reported 48 “false positive” patients that were tested at the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chapter in Subic. In a 28-page report sent to the PRC last...
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...
Senator Richard Gordon on Saturday, October 16, said that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's inquiry on the government's COVID-19 pandemic purchases will continue even amid talks on the 2022 elections. Sen. Richard Gordon (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Tatapusin natin 'yan at hindi naman importante...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking to amend a law to ensure that government consultants and advisors will be appointed based on merit and their fitness for the position. Former presidential adviser and businessman Michael Yang attends the Senate's virtual hearing about the Department of Health's...
Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a bill seeking to ensure that government suppliers and contractors are financially capable to take on their obligations even in emergency purchases. Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate of the Philippines PRIB) Tolentino recently filed Senate Bill No. 2433 to amend...
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...
