Sen. Risa Hontiveros stressed that the private individuals involved in the anomalous Php11.5-billion peso Pharmally deal should be held accountable following the recommendations of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee then led by Senator Gordon
Office of the Ombudsman A graft complaint has been filed before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) against former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Christopher Lloyd A. Lao, Overall Deputy Ombudsman Warren Rex H. Liong, and eight officials of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corpor
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
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III on Wednesday lamented that it was rather “unfortunate” that a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee draft report may have “turned a blind eye to the truth” on its recommendation to file criminal charges against him and several others over the spending of Covid-19 funds. “It…