House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability chairman, DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Aglipay said he favors the proposed release of two Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives from detention. DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Edgar Aglipay The two Pharmally executives, Mohit Dargani and...
The wife of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation Director Linconn Ong on Sunday thanked Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon for allowing her husband to visit their son who has dengue. In a statement, Summer Ong thanked the three senators and the Senate...
As a mother and a woman, Senator Risa Hontiveros on Saturday, Feb. 19 said she favors giving Linconn Ong, a detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executive, temporary liberty to visit his dengue-stricken son. ‘’However, I defer to the chair(man), Senator (Richard) Dick (Gordon), with...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Friday, Feb. 18 allowed Linconn Ong, a detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executive, escorted visits to his dengue-stricken son to show that the panel ‘’is not without compassion.’’ Senator Richard Gordon ‘’For humanitarian reasons, but...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Thursday, Feb. 17 said he favors the release of Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation Director Linconn Ong for humanitarian reasons. ‘’But as Senate President, I will wait for the recommendation of the (Senate Blue Ribbon) committee,’’ he added. Being...
Summer Ong, wife of detained businessman Linconn Ong, has appealed to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Richard Gordon to free her husband for humanitarian reasons. Senate President Tito Sotto Ong, along with siblings Mohit and Twinkle Dargani, were previously cited in contempt by the...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Tuesday, Feb. 15 said he would resign as Senate chief and is ready to be executed at the Luneta if critics could prove he pressured his colleagues in the 24-member Senate to sign the Senate Blue Ribbon committee report on the alleged overpriced delivery of...
Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday, Feb.14 pressed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to look into the persistent use of text messaging as a black propaganda tool to spread lies and fake news to smear the integrity of personalities or groups....
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has allowed Rose Nono Lin’s request to suspend the arrest order issued against her for 10 days, Senator Richard Gordon said on Monday. Gordon said they acceded to her request as her camp claims she is currently confined in a hospital for a “surgical...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he has signed the partial committee report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the multi-billion scandal involving the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. and the government but said he signified his “strong...
Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Wednesday threw his support to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s partial report on its investigation into the government’s alleged anomalous procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies. Pacquiao personally joined Sen. Richard Gordon’s online press...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chief Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte can be charged for inciting to sedition and possibly even grave coercion for his role in the questionable P8-billion COVID-19 pandemic supply contract entered into by the government with Pharmally...