Broadcast journalist Ces Drilon has reacted to Toni Gonzaga's viral interview with Bongbong Marcos. Apparently, she's "so sad" about it. She also apologized to followers: "Sorry delayed reaction. Ngayon ko lang nakita kasi I thought I should watch him." Seemingly reiterating her disappointment,...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon questioned on Monday, September 27, the legality of the creation of a social media office by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO) At the resumption of the Senate finance...
A subcommittee of the Senate Commitee on Finance suspended on Friday, Septembber 24, its discussion on the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) P26.7-billion proposed budget for 2022 as lawmakers maintained that the period of voter registration for the upcoming elections should be extended. Senate...
Former budget and management undersecretary Christopher Lao on Tuesday accused the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee of being hostile as senators questioned him about his application for the Overall Deputy Ombudsman post. At the continuation of the panel’s investigation into the alleged overpriced...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 20 urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a “fraud audit” on all the contracts entered into by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
The Commission on Audit (COA) and the Office of the Ombudsman should start conducting its own investigation into the multi-billion deals between the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. amid revelations of anomalies in the awarding...
Senators raised suspicions Friday, September 17, over the donations made by Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, the newly-registered firm given over ₱8.6 billion in contracts for the purchase of COVID-19 supplies, to the government in 2020. At the 7th hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon...
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...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Sept. 12 vowed to ensure that more money would be allocated to fund the needs of healthcare workers who are struggling to provide medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic by making sure there are programmed funds for them. Drilon noted that the...
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....
