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The former head of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS), who was involved in the alleged overpriced Covid-19 supplies with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., has asked the Senate to give him clearance from any case so he can travel abroad.

Opposition Senator Leila de Lima expressed her dismay Saturday, June 4 over the archiving of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report on the investigation of multi-billion peso ‘’anomalous’’ contracts between Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation and the government amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Senate ordered Thursday, June 2 the release of two executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation who had been detained since December for their refusal or failure to submit corporate documents to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on their more than [email protected] contracts to supply Covid19 -related medical supplies to the government.

Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III has always been one of the more sober and reasonable voices in the Senate.

The two detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives are expected to be freed from jail on June 3, the ‘sine die’ adjournment of Congress.

Aspiring vice president Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Tuesday, April 5, that the “rush to construct” Kaliwa Dam should not brush aside laws and the rights of communities that will be affected by the project.

Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan assured the public that if he is elected as vice president, he will ensure that justice will be served in the government’s controversial deal with pharmaceutical firm Pharmally.

House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability chairman, DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Aglipay said he favors the proposed release of two Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives from detention.

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Friday, Feb. 18 allowed Linconn Ong, a detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executive, escorted visits to his dengue-stricken son to show that the panel ‘’is not without compassion.’’

Summer Ong, wife of detained businessman Linconn Ong, has appealed to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Richard Gordon to free her husband for humanitarian reasons.

Malacañang preferred to wait for the final and official report of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the government’s deal with pharmaceutical firm Pharmally before taking action, saying the initial report that was released on February 1 had not been adopted.

Youth group Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK) has requested the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to initiate motu proprio proceedings to inquire into the bank deposits and covered transactions of personalities involved in the Senate Blue Ribbon hearings to the Pharmally controversy.

Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City chief, led his men in securing the transfer of Pharmally executives Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani to the Pasay City Jail Monday afternoon, Nov. 29.

The Pasay City police is now preparing for the transfer of two Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facility in the city.

Former Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation officer Krizle Mago faced senators again on Friday, Nov. 26 where she admitted that she did receive instructions to repack face shields that were being sold to the government.

Pharmally exec Mohit Dargani’s relation with the certain Gary Wong which he revealed to have paid for the chartered flight of him and his sister Twinkle when they attempted to fly out of the country at the Davao International Airport is “incredible”, according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon.

Due to alleged uncooperativeness, Pharmally executives Mohit Dhargani and Linconn Ong have been ordered transferred to the Pasay City Jail.

Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson expressed concern on Friday, Nov. 26 about the involvement of one of the lawyers of the Dargani siblings who was said to be working for a member of the House of Representatives.