The alleged photo showing President Duterte together with a certain Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) official named Wang Min doesn't prove anything, aside from the existence of such photo. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (MANILA BULLETIN) This was basically Presidential Spokesperson...
The Duterte administration will go after Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. if it has indeed cheated the government of the taxes it should pay. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave this guarantee during a virtual press conference Friday, Oct. 29,...
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday branded two executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation “Senate fugitives” after they stopped participating in the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s ongoing investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19 supplies. Gordon said the actions of...
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee on Thursday October 28 asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to create a Task Force to investigate a potential P7.56 billion in income taxes due from suppliers of P42 billion worth of COVID 19-related medical supplies through contracts given by the Procurement...
(Photo from Philippine Red Cross) To help communities that were affected by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) “Maring” continues to receive relief assistance from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). PRC, through the help of the its chapters and partner national societies, has been providing the thousands...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair and Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday welcomed the National Privacy Commission (NPC) for saying that the law on data privacy rights cannot be invoked as an excuse to evade legal proceedings. Gordon, who leads the Senate’s hearing into the alleged anomalous...
The Paranaque City government received P300,000 worth of medical supplies from the Metro Manila Mayors’ Spouses Foundation Inc. on Monday (Oct. 25.) Mayor Edwin Olivarez, Rep. Eric Olivarez, Paolo Olivarez, Janet Olivarez and Eva Nono (Photo courtesy of Paranaque PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor...
Senator Richard Gordon on Friday, Oct. 22 told Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, to just submit the documents being asked by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. As far as he is concerned, Gordon said Mohit and his sister Twinkle Dargani, Pharmally’s president, has...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Oct. 22 said executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation should just produce the documents the Senate blue ribbon committee has ordered subpoenaed. Hontiveros issued the remark after Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer released a...
Senator Richard Gordon said it was very clear that President Duterte is at the center of the “grand conspiracy” to defraud the government of billions of pesos at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Gordon made the remark when he released the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s initial...
Senator Richard Gordon on Wednesday, Oct. 20 dared the executives and the legal counsel of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation to challenge the Senate blue ribbon committee’s partial report before the Supreme Court. Gordon had earlier disclosed the partial findings of the blue ribbon panel which...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said the government should ban Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group from doing business in the country over its non-payment of income and other taxes after bagging multi-billion contracts with the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement...
