MANILA - The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts on Monday expressed support for the Senate blue ribbon committee's report on the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. investigation. In a statement, Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Jose Singson Jr. said his panel would have submitted recommendations that are nearly identical to those presented by the Senate blue ribbon panel in its probe on the alleged irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 supplies at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022. The Senate report recommended the filing of charges against several Pharmally executives, former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang, and former procurement head Christopher Lloyd Lao. Singson said the public accounts panel was able to hold three hearings before it decided to suspend the proceedings. "Based on what we were able to gather during the three hearings we held, I believe we would have presented similar findings as what the Gordon panel released. Our ini
The head of the House committee that probed the government's alleged questionable transaction with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. on Wednesday maintained that there is no evidence linking President Rodrigo Duterte and former presidential adviser Michael Yang to the controversy.
Department of Justice The Department of Justice (DOJ) will evaluate if there is a need for the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a probe once the two congressional committees submit their reports on their inquiries on the alleged anomalous transactions made by the government with
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability on Thursday declared there was no overpricing in the purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment for Covid-19 response by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) and recommended the filing of syndicated estafa against the officials of…
The House panel has recommended the filing of syndicated estafa charges against six officials of Pharmally over the government’s purchase of COVID-19 supplies, while Department of Budget and Management s Procurement Service (PS-DBM) was deemed off the hook for overpricing allegations.