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Blue Ribbon Committee still waiting for statement of ex-SRA chief

Andrea Taguines, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 07:17 PM

Tolentino also said it is still unclear whether the Department of Agriculture favored certain companies to execute the importation. Read more »

Senators quiz agri officials, traders over 'irregular' sugar shipments

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 09:00 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino advised the public to wait for the committee report to be released soon. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 22, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 11:58 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Senate Blue Ribbon panel postpones hearing on 'sugar fiasco 2.0'

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 04:15 PM

The panel’s first public hearing only laste around 30 minutes before it was discontinued. Read more »

Presyo ng baboy tumaas nang hanggang P20 sa ilang palengke

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 23 08:56 PM

Tumaas na nang hanggang P20 ang presyo ng karne ng baboy sa ilang palengke sa Metro Manila. Read more »

Disposal of expired COVID vaccines alarms Senate panel

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 09:34 PM

Concern about the manner of government’s disposal of its expired COVID-19 vaccines was highlighted during Tuesday’s continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, which centered on its motu proprio investigation on expired vaccines. Read more »

Posibleng kaso ng human trafficking sa NAIA ibinulgar ni Sen. Poe

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 08:45 PM

Matapos ang caucus ay nagpagdesisyunan na i-refer ang privilege speech ni Sen. Grae Poe sa Blue Ribbon Committee. Read more »

Blue Ribbon Committee report sa DepEd laptops, inaprubahan na ng Senado

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 09:15 PM

Sa Blue Ribbon Committee Report, sinabing overpriced ng P979 million ang 39,600 units na laptops na binili ng PS-DBM gamit ang P2.4 billion mula sa DepEd. Read more »

Senate minority bloc lauds Blue Ribbon report on DepEd laptop mess

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 04:36 PM

For Sen. Koko Pimentel, the Blue Ribbon panel’s recommendation to abolish PS-DBM should be done quickly. Read more »

Iregularidad sa DepEd laptop project idiniin sa Senate report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 08:37 PM

Pinakakasuhan ang ilang opisyal ng DepEd at PS-DBM kaugnay sa kontrobersiyal na laptop project. Read more »

Senate panel finds DepEd laptop project overpriced by nearly P1 billion

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, Sherrie Ann Torres and Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 01:02 AM

The panel likewise sough the recovery of P979 million "overpayment" to be put in a trust fund for teachers. Read more »

Gov't should go after 'big time' agri smugglers, senators say

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 05:10 PM

Malacañang's findings were in contrast with the Senate Blue Ribbon panel's recommendation of charges against the accused Agriculture officials. Read more »

Bulk of wasted vaccines come from private sector, LGUs, say DOH, DOF

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 04:50 PM

Vaccine demands these days have declined “tremendously,” or from 3-4 million vaccine requirements per day at the height of the pandemic in 2021, to an average of 18,000 to 20,000 vaccinations per day starting January this year, Vergeire said. Read more »

Former officials deny preventing audit on vaccine deals

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 03:34 PM

Former National Task Force against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said all transactions were above board. Read more »

Blue Ribbon report on DepEd laptops out before Christmas

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 02 05:31 PM

The Senate blue ribbon committee will release its findings on the DepEd laptop project investigation before Congress goes on Christmas break. Read more »

Senado inaprubahan ang committee report sa 'sugar fiasco' probe

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 08:35 PM

Inaprubahan na ng Senado ngayong Lunes ang report ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee mula sa naging imbestigasyon nito sa kontrobersyal na Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

Tolentino: 'Conspiracy' in DepEd overpriced laptops

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 09:51 PM

The Commission on Audit also stood by its findings that the procured laptops bought for P58,300 apiece were more expensive by up to 159% compared to same laptops sold in the market. Read more »

3 MOAs hound DepEd laptop project

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 09:53 PM

The project involved the procurement of a planned 68,500 laptops for public school teachers, with a proposed unit price of P35,046. The undertaking, however, ended with only 39,583 teacher-recipients of supposedly outdated laptop units priced at P58,300 each. Read more »

Committee report sa Sugar Order No. 4, sumalang sa interpellation sa Senado

Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 10:08 PM

Muling sumalang sa interpellation sa Senado ang Committee Report No. 3 ni Sen. Francis Tolentino kaugnay ng naging resulta ng imbestigayon ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sa kontrobersiyal na Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

Senate offers protection for witness in DepEd laptops issue

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 03:33 PM

The Senate blue ribbon committee said it is willing to extend protection to Marcelo Bragado Jr. following his testimony on the DepEd laptops issue. Read more »