Senator Richard Gordon may have taken a swipe at President Duterte during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's hearing Friday, Sept. 24, as an executive of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation confirmed meeting President Duterte when he was working for former presidential economic adviser Michael...
Members of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Friday, September 24, moved for the grant of protection to an executive of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation who has expressed willingness to cooperate with their inquiry on the government's purchase of COVID-19 response supplies. Senator Francis...
Soiled and substandard face shields are allegedly being repacked and supplied by Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation to the Department of Health (DOH) for use of health workers. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) At the ninth hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Friday, September...
President Duterte believes that the senators will get their "karma" sooner or later for the way they've been treating resource persons or guests in their marathon investigations. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during this "Talk to the People" public briefing last Wednesday, Sept. 22. (Malacañang...
The Anti-Money Laundering Council may have hinted Thursday, Sept. 23 that it has started the “first stage” in determining possible money laundering activities involving Pharmally Pharmaceuticals. House of Representatives plenary This after Quirino Rep. Junie Cua, vice chairman of the House...
A Department of Health (DOH) official on Tuesday confirmed that there were nearly 8,000 COVID-19 tests kits procured by the DOH and the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement service (DBM-PS) that had expired. DOH Assistant Secretary Nestor Santiago confirmed this after he was asked by...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday disclosed that an executive of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. had worked as a special assistant to former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang. Showing a LinkedIn profile, Hontiveros revealed Mohit Dargani, a Pharmally executive, had labeled himself as a...
Former budget and management undersecretary Christopher Lao on Tuesday accused the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee of being hostile as senators questioned him about his application for the Overall Deputy Ombudsman post. At the continuation of the panel’s investigation into the alleged overpriced...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday hit back at President Duterte saying he is not afraid of the chief executive’s attempts to destroy him over the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the alleged anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies that they...
Controversial former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang on Monday, Sept. 20, claimed that he never financed Pharmally Pharmaceutical’s P8 billion questionable transactions with government but helped it find friends to bankroll the deal. Michael Yang Yang, a Chinese national, denied claims...
As far as 1Sambayan convenor Etta Rosales is concerned, the "good word" from the Senate's investigations on the alleged corruption in the government's purchase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) supplies last year must be spread among Filipinos. 1Sambayan convenor Etta Rosales (Screenshot from Zoom...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 20 urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a “fraud audit” on all the contracts entered into by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....