Senator Richard Gordon said on Friday, Nov. 26, that the former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang was afraid to come out after the capture of his business colleagues Linconn Ong, as well as siblings Mojit and Twinkle Dargani. Following the filing of Yang's petition to nullify the arrest...
Outspoken private law practitioner Ferdinand Topacio on Wednesday, Oct. 20 chided anew the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) as a “kangaroo court” out to cash in on the political mileage derived from the extended hearings on the overpriced COVID-19 supply scandal. Ferdinand Topacio Topacio,...
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,...
Senators on Tuesday, Sept. 28 rejected President Duterte’s claim that the detention of resource person from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation by the Senate was akin to martial law. Senate President Vicente Sotto III told reporters the President’s statement was “obviously a mislay.”...
For President Duterte, the way the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has been treating its resource persons is worse than being arrested during martial law. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Akala ko ba ayaw ng mga taong Pilipinas ng martial law? Eh tignan mo yung ginagawa ng Senado ngayon...
Before criticizing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as a "kangaroo court", lawyer Ferdinand Topacio had reached out to Senator Richard Gordon to lobby for his wife's appointment to the Court of Appeals (CA). Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gordon made the disclosure as the...
The House Committee on Good Government on Monday, Sept. 27 voted unanimously to subpoena Krizle Mago, regulatory affairs chief of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, after failing to testify during its inquiry into the reported overpricing of personal protective gears and other anti-COVID-19...
Senators have taken exception to lawyer Ferdinand Topacio calling the chamber's Blue Ribbon Committee a "kangaroo forum" in investigating the government's deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Senate President Vicente Sotto III bangs the gavel signifying the start of the plenary session...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has ordered the transfer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation director Linconn Ong to the Pasay City Jail for his refusal to answer the senators' inquiries about their company's deals with the Philippine government. The Senate on September 21, 2021 takes...
