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Duque says won't attend Senate probe on pandemic deals

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 07:25 PM

DOH chief Francisco Duque III says he will not attend this week's Senate hearing on government's pandemic supply deals as the President had ordered. Read more »

DOE to Gatchalian: ‘Lutong macau’ accusation ‘misguided’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 03:54 AM

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian described the transaction as rigged, but the energy department said the lawmaker was 'obviously confused.' Read more »

Detained Pharmally official cries foul over Senate probe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 01:35 AM

A Pharmally official ordered detained by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee accuses the panel of unfair treatment. Read more »

Pharmally grand conspiracy? 'Kuwentong kutsero,' says Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 19 04:29 PM

Malacañang dismissed as hearsay the claim of a lawmaker on President Rodrigo Duterte's involvement in a supposed grand conspiracy. Read more »

Duque pumalag sa pagdawit sa kaniya sa Pharmally deals

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Posted at Oct 14 08:58 PM

Pabor naman si Health Secretary Francisco Duque na padaluhin sa pagdinig ang mga miyembro ng gabinete. Read more »

More doctors urge Duterte to stop blocking pandemic spending probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 06:28 PM

More doctors have expressed intent to sign a collective statement calling for President Rodrigo Duterte to not obstruct the ongoing Senate probe on Pharmally’s alleged overpriced supply deal with government. Read more »

Ex-Pharmally officer to stay under House custody for up to 60 days

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 02:57 PM

Former Pharmally Pharmaceuticals officer Krizle Mago will remain under the protective custody of the House of Representatives for a maximum of 60 days, unless Mago leaves on her own, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Read more »

Linconn Ong attends Senate probe continuation, but body told he'll stop participating

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 01:56 PM

Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executive Linconn Ong showed up at the continuation Tuesday of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's hearings on the government's deals with his firm, but the panel was told he will no longer participate in the proceedings, invoking the Corporation Code. Read more »

Bring complaints vs Senate probe to court- Drilon

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 01:37 PM

Those complaining of the investigation into pandemic supply deals involving Pharmally should just go to court, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Saturday. Read more »

After backing out of Senate executive session, Linconn Ong placed under detention

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:16 PM

Linconn Ong has been placed by the Senate under detention after refusing to speak in an executive session regarding Pharmally's deals with PS-DBM. Read more »

Gordon shrugs off Topacio's threat vs. senators probing Pharmally

Katrina Domingo and Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 03:25 PM

Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon on Monday shrugged off lawyer Ferdinand Topacio's threat to file cases against several senators. Read more »

Gov't swindled by Pharmally? 'Talk is cheap,' says Duterte spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 04:00 PM

Talk is cheap and more evidence is needed to prove a claim that Pharmally supposedly "swindled" government, Malacañang said. Read more »

Pangilinan: Documents on Pharmally-DBM deals 'went missing'

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 10:57 PM

The documents contain P507.26 million worth of transactions, mostly on personal protective equipment (PPEs). Read more »

'COVID test kits with short shelf life only choice in 2020'

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 02:36 PM

The government had no other option other than buying COVID-19 test kits with a 6-month shelf life last year, said the FDA, as some lawmakers looked into the procurement. Read more »

Senate orders arrest of Pharmally official over evasive answers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 11:03 PM

A Philippine Senate panel orders the arrest of a company executive linked to an allegedly overpriced government purchase of pandemic supplies. Read more »

Palace says gov't probing anomalous Red Cross COVID tests

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 05:27 PM

A government facility has started checking the supposed false positives among COVID-19 tests by the PRC, which President Duterte flagged. Read more »

DOH: Test kits bought via DBM had standard shelf life

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 11:30 AM

'That was the standard shelf life of those novel diagnostic test kits at the time. Additionally, test kits are fast-moving stocks that have to be used immediately since we are in a pandemic.' Read more »

Text shows Pharmally's advance delivery of 2 million more masks - Hontiveros

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 04:37 PM

Pharmally Pharmaceuticals had another supposedly advance delivery of 2 million surgical face masks even before receiving a request for quotation (RFQ), Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Friday, as she grilled officials of the supply company that has been at the center of the Senate's pandemic probe. Read more »

Politics at play in twin probes on Pharmally deal

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 10:16 AM

A political analyst on Friday weighed in on the simultaneous probe of the House of Representatives and the Senate on Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp’s multi-billion supply contract with government. Read more »

House hearing sa 'overpriced medical supplies' pinuri ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 08:02 PM

Pinuri ni Pangulong Duterte ang pagdinig ng komite sa Kamara sa umano'y mahal na COVID-19 medical supplies. Read more »