Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday revealed that Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation treasurer and secretary Mohit Dargani had worked as a Special Assistant to former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang.
Senator Bato Dela Rosa, chairman of the Senate special committee on Marawi City rehabilitation, led a hybrid hearing Tuesday to discuss several resolutions on the status of the Marawi rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.
On the 49th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate called on the leaders of the House of Representatives to pass House Bill 7678.
Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Tuesday expressed the belief that the Covid-19 test kits supplied by Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) and the Department of Health (DOH) last year were not only overpriced but also substandard.
Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon on Tuesday moved to restore the proposed 2022 budget of the Office of the Vice President back to P900 million during a virtual hearing on the agency’s budget Tuesday.
Pharmally director Linconn Ong, who was cited in contempt for his evasive answers during the hearing of the Senate blue ribbon committee, was arrested and taken into custody by the Senate on Tuesday afternoon.
A one-on-one presidential battle in 2022 is highly unlikely.
Philippines still has high percentages of people who are hesitant about getting Covid-19 jab, Malacañang said Tuesday.
ACT-CIS Rep. Eric Go Yap has accused critics of the Duterte administration of weaponing the resolution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the alleged human rights violations committed by the authorities on the government’s war on drugs.
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to help the creative industry and use it in the country’s economic recovery.
