Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday, Sept. 2 said sees Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former budget undersecretary Christopher Lao as the officials who are primarily culpable for the “planned plunder’ in the government’s procurement of overpriced personal protective...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go may face a Senate ethics committee investigation for his alleged links to former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) undersecretary Christopher Lao who is being tagged to the alleged overpricing of personal protective equipment (PPEs). Senator Richard Gordon,...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin maintained on Monday, August 30, that former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao is "covering up" for people involved in the alleged corruption of COVID-19 response funds transferred from the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget and...
The chairperson of the Senate economic affairs committee on Monday, August 30, sought the abolition of two big government offices whose responsibility of buying supplies for government agencies have been shrouded with reports that billions of pesos entrusted to them were unused or were spent...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 30, told the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to cease from accepting proposals from a local company allegedly linked to a financial fraud controversy in Taiwan. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) “Pera ng taumbayan ang ginagamit para bayaran...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said she is certain that former undersecretary Christopher Lao was one of the go-to-operators and hatchmen of the Davao mafia led by President Duterte and Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. Judging by the developments in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s hearing...
An opposition leader is convinced that Senator Christopher “Bong” Go’s advise for Health Secretary Francisco Duque to resign is a ploy to take off the heat of critical public opinion from the “questionable transactions” of the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management....
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday said the Senate blue ribbon committee will dig deep on the issue of who was former Budget Undersecretary Christopher Lao’s influential backer who enabled him to get into the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and later on, enter into...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 29, criticized the government’s P8.6-billion deal with Pharmally Pharma, a newly registered pharmaceutical company with links to President Duterte’s ex-economic adviser Michael Yang that sold overpriced medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic....
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Aug. 29 expressed belief the procurement of overpriced personal protective equipment (PPE) over P8-billion from an obscure company by the camp of former budget undersecretary Christopher Lao was premeditated. “Mukhang plinano talaga itong...
There may have been a collusion or lack of due diligence by former Department of Budget and Management Procurement Service (DBM-PS) chief Lloyd Christopher Lao in awarding a multibillion-peso contract involving face masks, face shields, test kits and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to a newly...
Senator Panfilo Lacson questioned on Friday, August 27, the claim that the high demand for face shields prompted the government's allegedly overpriced procurement of the protective wear in 2020. Senator Panfilo Lacson during the Senate Committee of the Whole's inquiry January 15, 2021, on the...
