The Commission on Audit (COA) has started conducting a special audit on the controversial contracts entered into by the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Commission on Audit COA chairman Michael Aguinaldo confirmed this...
Opposition Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’ Pangilinan on Thursday, September 30, revealed that another undercapitalized firm was able to bag P7.6 billion worth of medical supplies for the national government’s anti-COVID 19 program. Senator Kiko Pangilinan Pangilinan made the revelation in the...
President Duterte's defense of his supposed friends involved in the government's contracts with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation should not be equated to tolerating acts of corruption. Senator Francis Tolentino (KEVIN DELA CRUZ/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Administration ally Senator Francis...
Still smarting from accusations that it spent billions of pesos in public funds for overpriced COVID-19 supplies, the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management was assailed anew for hoarding P5.53 billion allocated by government for the purchase of learning materials. Rep. France...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will make a last ditch effort to augment its proposed budget for next year. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the department will submit a list of programs for 2022 that will require an additional P42 billion, on top of the only P91 billion recommended by the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released additional funds for the special risk allowance (SRA) of public and private healthcare workers battling the pandemic. In a statement, the budget department said on Wednesday, Sept. 29, that P451.31 million in additional SRA was released for...
Will the alleged scam on the government's procurement of COVID-19 supplies reach Malacañang? "Yes." Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) This was the answer by Senator Richard J, Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, when asked Wednesday, September 29, on whether...
Saying that he is “not bothered” by the Senate’s inquiry into allegations of corruption within his administration, President Duterte once more came to the defense of Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Inc., this time over its tampering of the production dates on medical-grade face shields procured by...
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...
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said the government should suspend any unpaid obligations it has with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation following the disclosure of a witness who said substandard face shields were delivered to the Department of Health (DOH). Angara pointed out this was validated...
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...
Senator Richard Gordon may have taken a swipe at President Duterte during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's hearing Friday, Sept. 24, as an executive of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation confirmed meeting President Duterte when he was working for former presidential economic adviser Michael...
