Former budget undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao has called on the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to reconsider his arrest order and called for a “non-hostile” Senate inquiry into the government’s alleged procurement of overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical...
Gotcha! The Dargani siblings - Mohit and Twinkle - have been arrested in Davao city following an attempt to leave the Philippines aboard a Lear jet reportedly for Singapore. But Lloyd Christopher Lao, resigned Procurement Service, Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) chief, remained at...
Lloyd Christopher Lao, resigned Procurement Service, Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) chief, is still on the run. This as security officers of the Senate Office of Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) failed to locate him since November 5, the day his arrest warrant was signed by Senate President...
D&L Industries is confident of exceeding its pre-pandemic earnings this year after registering strong growth in the third quarter despite the reimposition of stricter quarantine measures. In a press briefing, D&L President Alvin D. Lao said, the country’s largest specialty food...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, Nov. 4 cited for contempt Lloyd Christopher Lao, a former official at the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS), for avoiding the panel’s ongoing investigation into the national government’s procurement of overpriced...
Boba Girl is the new chill spot for tea-loving and creative Filipino youth Prior to the pandemic, hanging out for much Filipino youth meant getting together in a quaint diner or coffee shop and sharing stories over good eats and brewed drinks. A bonus is when the food spot has an Instagram-worthy...
D&L Industries, the country’s top producer of customized food, chemicals and consumer products, reported that its export business is projected to account for 50 percent of revenues on robust growth amid the pandemic. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said that, from a...
Senator Francis Tolentino is pushing the approval of a bill that would prohibit officers-in-charge of agencies from signing and entering into long-term and huge contracts in behalf of the government. Former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao attends the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing...
DIWA Partylist Rep. Michael Aglipay, chairman of the House Committee on Good Government, disclosed Wednesday, Oct. 6, that the chamber decided to step into the controversy surrounding the alleged overpricing of over billions of pesos in COVID-19 supplies when the name of President Rodrigo Duterte...
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...
D&L Industries Inc., which prides itself on being an innovation powerhouse in the country, plans to continue to beef up its research and development (R&D) investments to develop more innovative products despite the uncertainties due to the pandemic. The firm said that, with its successful...
Art has always posed as something to be interpreted. It is a sanctuary to some, an outlet of creative freedom to others, and an enduring enigma to many. For corporate banker turned interior stylist Glenn Cuevo, the measures of art extend beyond just aesthetics and visual poetry. It is a science of...
