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Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said she hopes that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report on the alleged anomalous procurement of Covid-19 supplies by the government with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation would be sponsored and adopted before the 18th Congress adjourns next week.

Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday said the legal counsels of the two Pharmally executives who are detained at the Pasay City Jail should ask the Supreme Court to specifically clarify when the 18th Congress is suppose to end.

Senate leaders are at odds over the issue of when shall Congress adjourn: Is it June 3 or June 30?

Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Wednesday (May 18) said Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation executives would be out of the Pasay City jail on June 30, not June 3.

Two Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation executives will come out of the Pasay City jail on June 3 with their heads held high ‘’unbroken and unbowed.’’

The incarcerated officials of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. deserve no pity after siphoning P12-billion off the national coffers, Sen. Richard Gordon said.

Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Wednesday (April 4) said he has yet to see the request of two detained Pharmally Pharmaceuticals corporation executives to be released from the Pasay city jail and planted instead under house arrest.

Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he has signed the partial committee report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the multi-billion scandal involving the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. and the government but said he signified his “strong reservations” on some of its recommendations.

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.

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 pandemic supplies.

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, September 30, issued a subpoena against the chief accountant of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation.

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.

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 supplies.

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 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.

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.

Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s director Linconn Ong might spend the Christmas and New Year’s Eve detained if he continues to be evasive and refuse to cooperate with the Senate, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday.

Senators on Sunday, Sept. 26 expressed hope that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee would soon be able to locate the whereabouts of the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official who testified and admitted to tampering the expiration of the face shields delivered to the government.