By: Melvin Gascon – Correspondent / Philippine Daily Inquirer /January 28, 2022 Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. owes the government up to P6.3 billion in taxes from the supply contracts it entered into with the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), while its officers may face a prison term of up to six…
By: Miguel R. Camus – Reporter / Philippine Daily Inquirer /January 25, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte once told Manuel Villar Jr. he would back the campaign supporter, billionaire, and former senator if he ran a second time for president. Villar, the head of a powerful political and business clan, is not seeking…
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter / INQUIRER.net /December 21, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte was reminded by Senator Richard Gordon that if the former is looking to fund the government’s response to the disaster caused by Typhoon Odette, he can look at the allegedly anomalous transactions done by Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. Gordon…
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer /Philippine Daily Inquirer /December 10, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—“I don’t care about human rights.” Lost in those words uttered by Rodrigo Duterte as president in 2020 was the value of human rights not just as a vague idea or concept but as a key cog in the machinery…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer /September 24, 2021 The ironically named House committee on good government and accountability has slammed as “political” the Senate probe into the Pharmally deal, which has so far revealed how, among other anomalies, a small favored foreign supplier cornered a multibillion government contract for face masks, personal protective equipment, and test…
By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter / INQUIRER.net /September 22, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee uncovered the “mother of all corruption” in the Duterte’s administration’s pandemic supply deals with a foreign-led company, Senator Richard Gordon said Wednesday. As long as more anomalies are discovered, Gordon said his committee will not stop…
Sep 14, 2021 Jodesz Gavilan One just has to look at Chinese businessman Michael Yang to see what one can get from a close relationship with President Rodrigo Duterte. Yang’s lasting influence and power is clear: Duterte appointed him presidential economic adviser in 2018 despite being a foreigner; his businesses expanded during Duterte’s presidency; and…