An official from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation told the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday that it the company has yet to be fully paid by the government for the COVID-19 supplies they purchased from the firm. Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, said the...
President Duterte has banned his Cabinet officials, among others, from attending the investigations of the Senator Richard Gordon-chaired Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang and MANILA BULLETIN) A memorandum dated Oct....
Senators on Tuesday, Oct. 5 sought the revocation of the memorandum issued by President Duterte that bars Cabinet officials from attending the Senate probe on the government’s procurement of alleged overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. At the...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Oct. 5, took to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to belie the claim of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation regulatory affairs head Krizle Mago that she was "pressured" into admitting that they tampered the production certificates of face shields that they...
One of the witnesses in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the government’s procurement of allegedly overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is now fearing for his life, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. During the 11th hearing of the Senate panel, Hontiveros...
Senator Richard Gordon is not backing down in his word war against President Duterte amid the Senate's ongoing probe on the government's purchase of health supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine Red Cross chairman Senator Richard Gordon (FILE PHOTOS/MANILA...
The Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier broke contact with the Senate after giving her testimony affirming the anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies from their company showed up at the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s...
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...
President Duterte continued to play hardball with the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as he announced the issuance of a memorandum enforcing his earlier pronouncement to personally clear invites for his Cabinet members to attend the panel’s hearings. President Rodrigo Duterte signs the memorandum...
Senator Richard Gordon welcomed on Monday, October 4, calls for government officials to cooperate with the Senate's ongoing probe into the procurement of medical supplies and equipment for the country’s COVID-19 response. Senator Richard Gordon (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Gordon, who chairs the...
Opposition Senator Leila De Lima on Monday, Oct. 4 chided President Duterte for ordering members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to ignore the Senate’s subpoenas in its inquiry into the government’s procurement of overpriced COVID-19...
Malacañang said members of the Duterte Cabinet do not mind attending the Senate's hearings on the government's controversial deal with pharmaceutical firm Pharmally, saying they have nothing to hide. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
