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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, Oct. 4 commended the Department of Health (DOH) for suspending its transactions with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation following the testimony of a company official who admitted to tampering the manufacturing dates of face shields procured from the firm. The...
Krizle Mago, a pharmaceutical firm executive who went missing after testifying in the Senate against her own company, will testify again in a legislative inquiry but this time before members of the House of Representatives on Oct. 4, Monday. Krizle Mago, Pharmally executive Mago is now under the...
The spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 3, said it’s important that both upper and lower chambers ensure their integrity and the protection of the Constitution as they continue investigating the anomalous contracts entered into by the government with Pharmally, a small...
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, Oct 3, called on the public to be vigilant against the proliferation of fake news and clickbait headlines that are fomenting disinformation to muddle and deflect the people’s attention away from the Senate’s investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19...
President Duterte could cause a constitutional crisis should he pursue his order to members of his Cabinet and law enforcers to ignore the legislative hearings of the Senate. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson both raised the possibility after...
“Missing” Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp. executive Krizle Grace Mago was placed under “protective custody’ of the House of Representatives after presenting herself by her lonesome before the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms at around 6:30 pm on Friday, Oct. 1. Pharmally executive Krizle Mago...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is investigating allegations against Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation that it tampered with manufacturing dates of medical-grade face shields for health workers. " investigating reports of suspected tampering of manufacturing dates of face shields...
Opposition senators on Friday, Oct. 1, slammed President Duterte's plans to block officials in his Cabinet from attending hearings in the Senate. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Francis Pangilinan said Duterte was "desperately trying to cover up" the alleged...
A visibly furious President Duterte revealed that he has ordered Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to prepare a memorandum directing those under the Executive Branch of government to "not obey" the summons coming from the Senate, saying it is overstepping its jurisdiction. President Rodrigo...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, September 30, issued a subpoena against the chief accountant of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. At the 7th hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the government's purchase of COVID-19 supplies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (left)...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has started conducting a special audit on the controversial contracts entered into by the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Commission on Audit COA chairman Michael Aguinaldo confirmed this...
