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QC crackdown on overpricing tags more than 100 market vendors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 06:19 PM

The QC government Saturday said it has cracked down on excessive pricing of goods, serving a notice of violation to 111 market vendors for overpricing since January 1.   Read more »

DTI: Price freeze violators face up to P2 million fine

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 12:03 AM

Retailers who spurn the price freeze on basic goods while Luzon is under state of calamity are risking up to P2 million in fine, the trade department said Monday, after some vendors reported difficulty in following the guideline.    Read more »

PH lost P1 billion due to overpriced PPEs procured by budget department: Hontiveros

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 03:16 PM

MANILA— The Philippines lost some P1 billion in funds to overpriced protective equipment that the budget department procured from April to May in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a senator said Thursday. Read more »

Senate recommends filing of malversation, graft charges vs Duque, PhilHealth officials

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 09:02 PM

MANILA - The Senate Committee of the Whole on Tuesday recommended the filing of criminal charges against Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and several former and incumbent officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) over several alleged anomalies in the state-run insurance firm. Read more »

Tolentino flags DOH's failure to issue price cap on COVID-19 test kits

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 10:56 PM

MANILA - Sen. Francis Tolentino on Tuesday questioned the Department of Health's (DOH) failure to limit the cost of COVID-19 test kits while other medical supplies were subjected to a price freeze during the global pandemic. Read more »

Hontiveros seeks creation of 'anti-overpricing body' to police PhilHealth spending

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 03:40 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday urged the executive branch to create an "anti-overpricing body" to curb alleged corruption in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), whose officials supposedly made money from procuring equipment up to ten times its actual price. Read more »

Duterte shouldn't use 'trust and confidence blanket' after PhilHealth scam revelations: Lacson

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 02:40 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should not use the "trust and confidence blanket" to protect Philippine Health Insurance (PhilHealth) officials from corruption allegations, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday, after a Senate investigation found irregularities on how the agency spent its funds. Read more »

Senators assail Morales for not flagging ‘serious overpricing’ at PhilHealth

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 10:22 PM

Several senators on Tuesday assailed Philippine Health Insurance Corp. president Ricardo Morales for not flagging items overpriced by the millions. Read more »

Iligan City, itinangging overpriced ang mga binili noong 2018

Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 11:21 PM

Itinanggi ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Iligan City na overpriced ang mga gamit na pinamili ng kanilang opisina noong 2018. Read more »

Lockdown profiteers used e-commerce to hoard face masks, supplies: police

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 02:58 PM

Profiteers used e-commerce to hoard medical supplies at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, police said Thursday before a congressional hearing on consumer protection online . Read more »

Kompanyang pinaimbestigahan dahil sa umano'y overpricing ng test kits lumantad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 08:29 PM

Nagsalita na ang kompanya na pinaiimbestigahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil sa umano'y overpricing ng test kits na binebenta nila sa gobyerno. Read more »

Duterte warns businessmen against profiteering in time of pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 12:47 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned businesses against profiteering and hoarding essential medical equipment as the country battles the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

'I take full responsibility': Duterte defends DOH over allegedly overpriced PPEs, medical equipment row

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 12:54 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday defended the Department of Health (DOH) over the issue of its procurement of allegedly overpriced personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing machines needed to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

9 vendor na sangkot sa 'overpricing' ng gulay, prutas sa Davao City arestado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 04:49 PM

DAVAO CITY- Naaresto sa pamamagitan ng buy-bust operation ang siyam na vendors sa Bangkerohan Public Market sa pagbebenta ng mga bilihin nang sobra sa suggested retail price, umaga ng Huwebes.  Read more »

Lalaking nagbebenta ng overpriced thermal scanner timbog sa Iligan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 01:44 PM

Arestado ang isang lalaki sa Iligan City matapos umanong magbenta ng overpriced na thermal scanner, sabi ngayong Huwebes ng lokal na National Bureau of Investigation Read more »

Babae huli sa pagtitinda ng overpriced medical supplies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 01:52 PM

Timbog ng mga awtoridad ang isang babae sa Maynila noong Martes dahil sa umano'y pagbebenta ng overpriced na medical supplies, na may kabuuang halagang aabot sa higit P1 milyon. Read more »

Lalaking nagbebenta ng overpriced alcohol online, tiklo sa Davao

Cheche Diabordo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 01:13 AM

Arestado ang isang lalaking nagbebenta ng overpriced alcohol online sa ikinasang operasyon ng mga awtoridad sa Guzman St., Barangay 14-B, Davao City nitong Huwebes ng hapon.  Read more »

Indian national arestado sa pagbebenta ng overpriced thermal scanners

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 12:05 PM

Naaresto ng mga awtoridad noong Miyerkoles ang isang Indian national dahil sa umano ay pagbebenta ng mga overpriced thermal scanner sa Maynila. Read more »

5 arestado sa pagbebenta ng overpriced hand sanitizers sa GenSan

Kent Abrigana, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 01:03 AM

Lima ang arestado sa magkahiwalay na entrapment operation ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa General Santos City nitong Martes. Read more »

P15 million worth of alcohol, face masks seized in crackdown vs hoarding, overpricing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 04:44 PM

Authorities confiscated some P15 million worth of medical supplies as part of a crackdown against hoarding and profiteering during the COVID-19 lockdown of Luzon, the trade department said Tuesday. Read more »