The ongoing Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings are "oversight" hearings in nature and does not entail mandatory appearance of resource persons from the executive department. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque makes a presentation before President Duterte during "Talk to the People" public...
In a night of hurling invectives against the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for allegedly insulting Cabinet members, President Duterte once again poked fun Wednesday, Oct. 6 at the weight of the panel's chairman, Senator Richard Gordon. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon...
Don't hold your breath, senators. NO WAY!--President Duterte rejects on Oct. 6, 2021 the senators' call for him to rescind his memo barring executive department workers from attending the hearings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. (Screenshot from Facebook live) President Duterte categorically...
Senator Richard Gordon's official website has fallen victim to a coordinated online attack, causing the site to shut down for several hours, his office disclosed on Wednesday, Oct. 6. Myke Cruz, information technology officer of Gordon’s office, made the report amid the Senate Blue Ribbon...
An official from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation told the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday that it the company has yet to be fully paid by the government for the COVID-19 supplies they purchased from the firm. Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, said the...
President Duterte has banned his Cabinet officials, among others, from attending the investigations of the Senator Richard Gordon-chaired Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang and MANILA BULLETIN) A memorandum dated Oct....
Senators on Tuesday, Oct. 5 sought the revocation of the memorandum issued by President Duterte that bars Cabinet officials from attending the Senate probe on the government’s procurement of alleged overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. At the...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Oct. 5, took to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to belie the claim of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation regulatory affairs head Krizle Mago that she was "pressured" into admitting that they tampered the production certificates of face shields that they...
One of the witnesses in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the government’s procurement of allegedly overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is now fearing for his life, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. During the 11th hearing of the Senate panel, Hontiveros...
Senator Richard Gordon is not backing down in his word war against President Duterte amid the Senate's ongoing probe on the government's purchase of health supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine Red Cross chairman Senator Richard Gordon (FILE PHOTOS/MANILA...
The Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier broke contact with the Senate after giving her testimony affirming the anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies from their company showed up at the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s...
If President Duterte would have his way, he wants the senators to be replaced with "ordinary Filipinos" in the May 2022 national elections. REPLACE THE SENATORS--President Rodrigo Duterte advises voters during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on Oct. 4, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live)...
