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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 »

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 The undertaking, however, ended with only 39,583 teacher-recipients of supposedly outdated laptop units priced at P58,300 each.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 »

DepEd official, ex-PS-DBM exec contradict on teachers’ laptop MOA

Sherrie Ann Torres and Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 11:44 PM

An official of the Department of Education on Thursday contradicted the former head of the budget department’s Procurement Service regarding the two agencies’ 2021 Memorandum of Agreement for the controversial purchase of laptops for teachers. Read more »

Koko, Risa file separate report on ‘sugar fiasco’

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:33 PM

Senators Koko Pimentel and Risa Hontiveros file their own report to dispute some of the findings of the Blue Ribbon panel's investigation on the sugar importation 'fiasco', at the Senate building in Pasay City on Tuesday. Read more »

Sugar import probe report referred to Senate plenary

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 09:31 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon's Committee Report No. 3, containing the panel's findings on the recent sugar importation fiasco, was formally referred Monday to the plenary. Read more »

Senators seek more eyes on SRA after importation mess

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 06:04 PM

Future missteps in the government’s sugar importation process will be prevented if more eyes will oversee the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), according to a Senate panel. Read more »

Senate panel pinakakasuhan ang mga pumirma sa sugar import order

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 08:46 PM

Inirekomenda ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee na kasuhan ng Office of the Ombudsman ang 4 na opisyal na pumirma sa kontrobersiyal na Sugar Order No. 4. Read more »

Gatchalian questions PS-DBM's DepEd laptop procurement

Jasmin Romero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 08:05 PM

Gatchalian said that the invitation to bid for the procurement of laptops was issued even without a signed memorandum of agreement. Read more »

Ex-SRA chief: Marcos Jr. raised idea to import higher sugar volume

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:27 PM

During the Zoom meeting, Serafica said he dissuaded the President from pursuing the plan. Read more »

Pagliban ni Vic Rodriguez sa Senate hearing sa asukal, ikinadismaya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 08:23 PM

Malabo na umanong makadalo si Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez sa pagdinig ng Senado kaugnay sa utos na pag-angkat sana sa 300,000 metric tons ng asukal. Read more »

Senate panel to wrap up probe on sugar importation mess soon

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 02:31 PM

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will soon wrap up its investigation on the supposed illegal importation order issued by the SRA. Read more »

Tolentino: DepEd laptops were indeed overpriced

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 01 01:33 AM

Sen. Francis Tolentino said it's too early to say whether the PS-DBM and the DepEd colluded on the allegedly overpriced yet outdated laptops. Read more »

Rodriguez to skip Senate probe on sugar order due to busy sched

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 03:20 PM

Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel and Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros pressed for Rodriguez’s attendance in their next hearing. Read more »

Grupo inaming sila ang humiling ng pag-angkat ng 300-K MT ng asukal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 08:50 PM

Inamin ng grupo ng sugar millers na sila ang humiling sa Sugar Regulatory Administration na mag-angkat ng 300,000 metric tons ng asukal. Read more »

Briones walang kinalaman sa overpriced laptops: Tolentino

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 10:57 PM

Walang kinalaman si dating Education Secretary Leonor Briones sa umano'y pamimili ng overpriced at outdated laptops para sa mga guro, para kay Sen. Francis Tolentino. Read more »