Malacañang has assured that the public will have access to the results of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) ongoing investigation on the administration's bloody drug war. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the statement after the United...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, October 7, said President Duterte’s incessant and vicious attacks on him won’t distract him from pursuing the truth as the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee pursues its investigation into the anomalies in the government’s procurement of billions worth of...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III seemed unfazed by President Duterte's threat to have senators arrested should they cite Cabinet officials for contempt in their legislative inquiries. Senate President Vicente Sotto III bangs the gavel to resume their hybrid plenary session on May 17, 2021....
As his tirades against the Senate continue, President Duterte has now warned senators that he will "imprison" them if his Cabinet members or any worker from the Executive Branch will be cited in contempt and detained. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement amid...
The Senate's official website has also been hit by an online attack, administrators of the site said on Wednesday, Oct. 6. The report was released a few hours after Senator Richard Gordon's office confirmed that the lawmaker's official website also fell victim last October 4. An official from the...
Senator Richard Gordon's official website has fallen victim to a coordinated online attack, causing the site to shut down for several hours, his office disclosed on Wednesday, Oct. 6. Myke Cruz, information technology officer of Gordon’s office, made the report amid the Senate Blue Ribbon...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
