Did the Senate tap a "tainted" contractor for the construction of its new building in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City? President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) President Duterte asked this question on late Monday night, Sept. 27, during the pre-recorded "Talk to the People" public briefing. He...
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...
For President Duterte, the way the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has been treating its resource persons is worse than being arrested during martial law. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Akala ko ba ayaw ng mga taong Pilipinas ng martial law? Eh tignan mo yung ginagawa ng Senado ngayon...
Before criticizing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as a "kangaroo court", lawyer Ferdinand Topacio had reached out to Senator Richard Gordon to lobby for his wife's appointment to the Court of Appeals (CA). Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gordon made the disclosure as the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has dismissed a Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official's claim that the firm sold the government "spoiled" face shields, saying that it's practically an unsubstantiated testimony. received_687346018889246 "Ngayon lumalabas po itong mga bagong isyu na ito, ano....
Senator Richard Gordon on Monday, September 27, speculated that President Duterte was behind the decision of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives to evade questions on its transactions with the government for the purchase of COVID-19 response supplies. President Rodrigo Duterte and...
The House Committee on Good Government on Monday, Sept. 27 voted unanimously to subpoena Krizle Mago, regulatory affairs chief of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, after failing to testify during its inquiry into the reported overpricing of personal protective gears and other anti-COVID-19...
Senators have taken exception to lawyer Ferdinand Topacio calling the chamber's Blue Ribbon Committee a "kangaroo forum" in investigating the government's deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Senate President Vicente Sotto III bangs the gavel signifying the start of the plenary session...
"Certain bodyguards" have allegedly started guarding Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation regulatory affairs head Krizle Mago after baring that the foreign firm may have swindled the government in delivering face shields for the Department of Health (DOH). Sen. Richard Gordon (MANILA BULLETIN File...
Senators on Sunday, Sept. 26 expressed hope that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee would soon be able to locate the whereabouts of the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official who testified and admitted to tampering the expiration of the face shields delivered to the government. Earlier in the day,...
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, Sept. 26, said senators could no longer contact an officer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. who admitted to tampering the expiration dates of COVID-19 supplies they delivered to the government. In his post on Twitter, Gordon revealed that they could not contact...
The admission of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation regulatory affairs head Krizle Mago has already "damaged" the company's denial of irregularities in their dealings with the Philippine government amid the pandemic, Senator Richard Gordon said Saturday, September 25. Senator Richard Gordon...
