The still unresolved controversy that shadowed the 2017 purchase of P15.5-billion combat management system for Philippine Navy frigates took center stage in the House Committee on Public Accounts inquiry into the reported mismanagement of P67.32 billion in COVID-19 funds by the Department of Health.
Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor called for a congressional inquiry into allegations that the Quezon City local government has spent over P24 million to purchase 400,000 face shields at overpriced cost.
FACE SHIELD Defensor filed House Resolution No. 2143 calling on the proper Lower House commit
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In near tears during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, August 16, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III accused the Commission on Audit of destroying the good image of the Department of Health with the latter’s release of an audit report detailing serious adverse findings in the disbursement by DOH
The leadership of the House of Representatives has asked the Commission on Audit to conduct a briefing on the reported audit deficiencies it discovered in the management by the Department of Health of the P67.32 billion government funds to address the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the countr