Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III did not oppose propositions for the abolition of the Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC). Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III (Presidential Photo) The Department...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has posted a cryptic tweet apparently addressing President Duterte's plan to screen invitations for Cabinet officials in the upper chamber's hearings. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address on September 13, 2021. (Malacañang) "There are two...
It's the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee under Senator Richard Gordon that's committing incitement to sedition, not President Duterte. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Screenshot from Facebook live) Thus, said Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo as he defended Duterte's...
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s ability to corner multi-billion transactions with the government despite incomplete documents and a paid-up capital of only P625,000 speaks of the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement service (DBM-PS) gross negligence and or complicity,...
President Duterte has made it clear that he "doesn't care" about what could happen to controversial firm Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. President Rodrigo Duterte drives home a point during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on Sept. 13, 2021. (Malacañang photo) This, depsite the company's...
Members of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Monday, Sept. 13 grilled Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. officials after they saw something “unusual” in the transaction involving the company’s delivery of 500,000 pieces of surgical masks to the Department of Budget and Management’s...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday raised the question on who could have benefited in the P8.86-billion contract awarded to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement services (DBM-PS). Drilon said it is clear...
Senators have taken exception to statements from Cabinet members about their ongoing investigation on the government's allegedly overpriced purchases amid the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining that the Senate has the responsibility of making sure that public funds are spent properly and efficiently....
Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Sept. 12 said he can only conclude that President Duterte wants to take revenge on the senators who are investigating the questionable P8.86-billion deal between the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement service (DBM-PS) and Pharmally...
Former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang is turning out to be the financier in the questionable P8.68-billion deal between the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement services (DBM-PS) and Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Sunday....
Senator Leila de Lima has asked her colleagues to also investigate the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) utilization of its funds, after state auditors flagged its transfer of over P160 million to the government's anti-insurgency programs. Senator Leila de Lima...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has dismissed as "old news" the claim of President Duterte that he ties with convicted plunderer Janet Lim-Napoles, as well as his connections with personalities tagged in the illegal drug trade. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN File...
