As your Vice Chairman and erstwhile Chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, I have a very brief statement to make.
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Ping, Isiniwalat ang Magkakasalungat na Testimonya ni Krizle Mago ng Pharmally
Hindi nagsisinungaling ang video. Iyan ang pahayag ni Senador Panfilo Lacson nitong Martes hinggil sa magkakasalungat na testimonya ng empleyado ng Pharmally na si Krizle Mago sa pagdinig sa Senado noong ika-24 ng Setyembre at sa Kamara noong ika-4 ng Oktubre.
Hindi naniniwala si Lacson sa sinabi ni Mago sa Mababang Kapulungan na ang kanyang pag-amin sa pamemeke ng “expired” labels sa face shields ay dahil lamang sa “pressure.”
Sa pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sa mga iregularidad sa pagbili ng medical supplies para sa COVID-19 response nitong Martes, ipinakita ni Lacson ang isang video clip kung saan malinaw na hindi pinilit si Mago na gawin ang naturang pahayag noong pagdinig sa ika-24 ng Setyembre.
Related: Videos Don’t Lie: Lacson Bares Conflicting Testimonies of Pharmally’s Mago
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Videos Don’t Lie: Lacson Bares Conflicting Testimonies of Pharmally’s Mago
Video clips don’t lie. Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson thus bared Tuesday the conflicting testimonies of Pharmally Pharmaceuticals “employee” Krizle Mago before the Senate last Sept. 24, and the House of Representatives last Oct. 4.
Lacson shot down Mago’s claim before the Lower House that her admission of acting on instructions of higher management to instruct a warehouseman to tamper with “expired” labels on face shields was a “pressured response.”
At Tuesday’s hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the irregularities in the purchase of medical supplies to deal with the Covid pandemic, Lacson had a video clip played showing Mago was not pressured in her admission during the Sept. 24 hearing.
Related: Ping, Isiniwalat ang Magkakasalungat na Testimonya ni Krizle Mago ng Pharmally
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Senate Joint Committee Hearing on MUP Pension Reform Bill
This is the fourth and hopefully the final hearing of our proposed measure on the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) pension reform.
As reiterated by our fiscal managers, we are pressed for time: the passage of the MUP pension reform bill is earnestly and urgently sought so as not to create any fiscal risks that may compromise the state’s ability to fund both the MUP pensions and a credible defense posture.
All of us here would agree that our shared objective is plain and simple: we must have a clear policy direction to guarantee that the pension requirement is sustainable for the next one hundred years. Nonetheless, we must be grounded in reality that our fiscal capacity is limited while at the same time, be very certain that we will not shortchange the welfare and interest of our uniformed retirees.
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Ping: 26.39% ng P42B Proyekto ng PS-DBM, Nakopo ng Pharmally
Walang kahirap-hirap na nakopo ng Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp. ang malaking bahagi ng P42-bilyong kontrata sa Department of Budget Procurement Service (PS-DBM).
Isiniwalat ito ni Senador Panfilo Lacson sa pagpapatuloy ng pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sa mga anomalya sa pagtugon ng pamahalaan sa pandemya.
Ibinatay ito ni Lacson sa dokumento buhat sa DBM na nagsasabing sa 45 suppliers, nakopo ng Pharmally ang 26.39 porsiyento na kabilang sa P42 bilyon na inilipat ng Department of Health (DOH) sa PS-DBM.
Related: Lacson: Pharmally Bagged 26.39% of P42B Contracts with PS-DBM
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