Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday, Oct 3, called on the public to be vigilant against the proliferation of fake news and clickbait headlines that are fomenting disinformation to muddle and deflect the people’s attention away from the Senate’s investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19...
President Duterte could cause a constitutional crisis should he pursue his order to members of his Cabinet and law enforcers to ignore the legislative hearings of the Senate. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson both raised the possibility after...
Opposition senators on Friday, Oct. 1, slammed President Duterte's plans to block officials in his Cabinet from attending hearings in the Senate. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Francis Pangilinan said Duterte was "desperately trying to cover up" the alleged...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III maintained on Friday, Oct. 1, that the upper chamber still respects its co-equal executive department even if President Duterte would bar officials from attending their legislative inquiries. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen....
President Duterte again found "colorful" ways to verbally attack Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, during the former's "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Thursday night, Sept. 30. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, September 30, issued a subpoena against the chief accountant of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. At the 7th hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the government's purchase of COVID-19 supplies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (left)...
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...
The Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier admitted to tampering the manufacturing dates of face shields they delivered to the government failed to appear in the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the alleged overpriced COVID-19 pandemic...
The Senate witness who testified that Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s management ordered the repacking of substandstard and dirty face shields that were delivered to the government rejected claims that he was bribed by the office of Senator Risa Hontiveros. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate...
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...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday,Sept. 29 slammed the lawyer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation director Linconn Ong for accusing her of bribing the company’s former warehouse staff who testified on the alleged substandard face shields the firm delivered to the government. Hontiveros,...