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Senator Richard Gordon said it was very clear that President Duterte is at the center of the “grand conspiracy” to defraud the government of billions of pesos at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Senator Richard Gordon on Saturday, October 16, said that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s inquiry on the government’s COVID-19 pandemic purchases will continue even amid talks on the 2022 elections.

Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking to amend a law to ensure that government consultants and advisors will be appointed based on merit and their fitness for the position.

Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a bill seeking to ensure that government suppliers and contractors are financially capable to take on their obligations even in emergency purchases.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged President Duterte to heed the call of the country’s medical experts and former health secretaries “not to obstruct” the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the anomalous transactions involving the government’s procurement of COVID-19 medical supplies.

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 was dragged into the issue during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings.

Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, Oct. 5, chided an official of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for supposedly fooling the government in declaring that it paid over a million in employee benefits when government records showed otherwise.

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 delivered to the government.

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.

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.

For former senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, President Duterte should not be taking the cudgels for his men amid the Senate’s ongoing investigation on the alleged irregularities in the government’s purchases for COVID-19 response.

Senator Richard Gordon welcomed on Monday, October 4, calls for government officials to cooperate with the Senate’s ongoing probe into the procurement of medical supplies and equipment for the country’s COVID-19 response.

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, Oct. 4 commended the Department of Health (DOH) for suspending its transactions with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation following the testimony of a company official who admitted to tampering the manufacturing dates of face shields procured from the firm.

The spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 3, said it’s important that both upper and lower chambers ensure their integrity and the protection of the Constitution as they continue investigating the anomalous contracts entered into by the government with Pharmally, a small company that allegedly “swindled” the government.

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.

Opposition senators on Friday, Oct. 1, slammed President Duterte’s plans to block officials in his Cabinet from attending hearings in the Senate.

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.

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.