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...
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...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III maintained on Wednesday, Feb. 2, that his agency was not involved in the purchase of supplies related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement, Duque said that the...
Malacañang preferred to wait for the final and official report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the government's deal with pharmaceutical firm Pharmally before taking action, saying the initial report that was released on February 1 had not been adopted. President Rodrigo Duterte...
Lawyers of those recommended by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee report to be criminally charged arising from the controversial multi-billion-peso Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation contracts with the Procurement Service, Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) said the committee conclusions...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of administrative and criminal charges, including graft and plunder charges, against former Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Services (DBM-PS) Undersecretary Christopher Lloyd Lao and Department of Health (DOH) Secretary...
Reelectionist Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, Jan. 23, asked Filipinos to “be serious” in choosing who to vote for this coming May elections, saying that it is the people who are always at the losing end if they do not vote for the right leaders. Senator Richard Gordon is the guest during...
Businesswoman Rose Nono Lin should appear in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s next hearing into Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s questionable transaction with the government on COVID-19 pandemic supplies and shed light about her role in the negotiations, Senator Richard Gordon said....
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Senator Richard Gordon is seeking the capture of two key officials of companies allegedly linked to the irregularities in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Gordon, at the continuation of the Senate blue...
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday made it clear that he did not support then Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for president when the latter ran for the country’s top government post in the May 2016 elections. In fact, Gordon said, he voted for Sen. Grace Poe, who was also running for president at...
Senator Richard Gordon has called for the immediate filing of tax fraud charges against five motorcycle dealers who purportedly defrauded the government of billions of pesos from selling motorcycles. Gordon’s call stems from the result of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Richard Gordon chided President Rodrigo Duterte for asking Filipinos to support his senatorial bid when he failed his countrymen as chief executive. President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Richard Gordon At the resumption of the Senate probe into the so-called...
