The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has denied the request of former Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) chief Lloyd Christopher Lao for clearance so the immigration lookout order bulletin issued against him will be lifted.
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chair Francis Tolentino believes former Education Secretary Leonor Briones has nothing to do with the anomalous purchase of overpriced and outdated laptops by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) for public school teachers.
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino revealed that he personally backs the abolition of the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) amid the Pharmally fiasco and the controversial purchase of pricey but outdated laptops for public school teachers.
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Thursday chided the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) over series of alleged anomalous deals amounting to P6.5 billion in 2021.
To prevent a repeat of scandals involving the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) and the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC), Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon proposed a provision in the national budget that will prohibit agencies from “parking” their funds to skirt procurement laws and the expiration of the authority to use the funds.
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. enjoyed windfall profits from the contracts it won from the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management, with one order alone netting the company P1.5 billion in earnings, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Monday (Sept. 13).
