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...
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...
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 Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier admitted to tampering the manufacturing dates of face shields they delivered to the government failed to appear in the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19 pandemic...
The Senate witness who testified that Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s management ordered the repacking of substandstard and dirty face shields that were delivered to the government rejected claims that he was bribed by the office of Senator Risa Hontiveros. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday,Sept. 29 slammed the lawyer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation director Linconn Ong for accusing her of bribing the company’s former warehouse staff who testified on the alleged substandard face shields the firm delivered to the government. Hontiveros,...
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s director Linconn Ong might spend the Christmas and New Year’s Eve detained if he continues to be evasive and refuse to cooperate with the Senate, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday. “If he continues to be evasive, not to cooperate, I would...
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...
