The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of administrative and criminal charges, including graft and plunder charges, against former Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Services (DBM-PS) Undersecretary Christopher Lloyd Lao and Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Fran
SEN. Richard J. Gordon, chairman of an ongoing Senate inquiry into alleged anomalies in the Duterte administration’s purchase ofanti-Covid supplies, rejected an appeal by the former Officer-in-Charge of the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (DBM-PS) to lift an arrest order earlier issued after he skipped four hearings. The Gordon-led…
SENATORS have chastised Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez for allegedly failing to protect local manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPEs) that he had prodded to ramp up production at the start of the pandemic in 2020. Lopez came under fire as he faced senators at Wednesday's hearing of a…