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DOH, Pharmally not yet off the hook in House probe: solon

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 06:44 PM

Neither the DOH nor Pharmally is off the hook in a House committee's probe on government's alleged anomalous purchase of COVID-19 response supplies, a solon said. Read more »

No DOJ, NBI probe yet despite admissions at the Senate on Pharmally

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 08:44 PM

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said he would rather wait for a complaint to be filed. Read more »

Gordon to Duterte: ‘Ano ba talaga ang tinatago ninyo?’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 08:36 PM

Sen. Richard Gordon asked President Rodrigo Duterte what the chief executive is hiding amid the latter's attacks against him, the Senate, and the COA. Read more »

Senate panel grills DOH anew over continued use of face shields in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 12:38 AM

Senators on Tuesday questioned the health department again regarding the country's mandatory face shield use in public areas, even in the absence of recommendation from international health experts. Read more »

Anong parusa sa pagbebenta ng overpriced Tocilizumab?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 04:00 PM

Multa at pagkakakulong ang naghihintay para sa mga sangkot sa overpriced na pagbebenta ng mga COVID-19 experimental drug. Read more »

'War is a racket'

Dean Dela Paz
Posted at Sep 01 11:45 AM

War veteran Major General Smedley Butler once wrote, 'War is a racket. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.' Because the COVID counteroffensive was under the command of the DOH, now over P67.3 billion seems to have been mishandled. Read more »

Tax expert says Pharmally deals with DBM ‘suspicious’

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 05:07 PM

Mon Abrea, a BIR consultant, said he finds it suspicious how a company barely a year old was able to bid for billion-peso contracts. Read more »

What is Pharmally Pharmaceuticals? Who controls it?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 02:14 PM

Based on SEC documents, Pharmally was registered on Sept. 4, 2019. That year, it had zero sales and a net loss of P25,550. But in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, Pharmally's sales skyrocketed to nearly P7.5 billion pesos. Read more »

Ilang ospital na inakusahan ng 'overpricing' sa gamot sa COVID-19 nagpaliwanag

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 08:30 PM

Humarap sa NBI ang ilang ospital na umano'y nag-overpricing ng gamot na remdesivir sa COVID-19 patients. Read more »

8 PH hospitals accused of overcharging COVID-19 patients

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 11:28 PM

Eight Philippine hospitals will be ordered to answer allegations of overcharging COVID-19 patients.  Read more »

8 ospital pagpapaliwanagin sa umano'y pag-overprice ng remdesivir

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 08:24 PM

Walong ospital ang nakatakdang ipatawag ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) para pagpaliwanagin sa alegasyong pagbebenta ng overpriced na remdesivir, isang gamot na kasalukuyang ginagamit sa mga COVID-19 patients. Read more »

May-ari ng medical supplies store sa Maynila kinasuhan dahil sa overpricing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 08:44 PM

Kinasuhan ng National Bureau of Investigation ang may-ari ng isang medical supplies store sa Santa Cruz, Maynila matapos matuklasang nagbebenta ito ng overpriced na oxygen, kahit pa sa mga desperadong pasyanteng nangangailangan nito.   Read more »

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 »