The Supreme Court says it is 'unconvinced' that the PhilHealth officers 'acted in good faith when they approved and granted these benefits' from 2007 to 2008
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She was sentenced to six to eight years imprisonment with perpetual disqualification from holding public office.
Meanwhile, her co-accused, former Municipal Agriculturist Reynaldo Agner Bodo and Municipal Accountant Aluino Otibar Ala, were acquitted by the anti-graft court on reasonable doubt.
The graft charge stemmed from the unwarranted benefit given to Bals Enterprises for the procurement of 3,900 liters of Fil-Ocean liquid fertilizer worth P1,879,090.92 even without the participation of the municipality’s bids and awards committee (BAC).
R.A. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act was violated because of the reference to the brand name Fil-Ocean in the invitation to bid.
CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) A portal designed to simplify and improve the efficiency of preparing bidding documents that are crucial to initiating procurement of goods and infrastructure projects was recently launched as a highlight of Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) three-day F.Y. 2021 Procurement Forum.
With the theme Procurement Innovations in Times of Pandemic: Leveraging Technology and Cultivating an Agile Procurement Regime, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary and GPPB Chairperson Wendel Avisado said that “new procurement reforms and digital platforms shall define and serve as the hallmark of a responsive and agile public procurement system.”
Avisado said the challenges magnified by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak in 2020 had pushed the GPPB to adapt and innovate while keeping true to its mandate.
BSP execs to respond to Ombudsman case on national ID system
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Thursday, Jan. 21, its officials who were included in a complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman regarding the procurement of cards for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) will cooperate with its investigation.
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte with a copy of his national ID (Photo from PCOO)
“As regards the complaint filed with the Ombudsman relative to the procurement for the printing of cards for the National ID System, rest assured that the BSP officials concerned will respond in the proper forum once required in accordance with applicable rules,” it said in a statement.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 21) – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin Diokno and other BSP officials are facing a graft complaint filed with the Ombudmsman over the alleged anomalous awarding of a multi-million-peso contract to a certain firm for the lease of equipment related to the production of national ID cards.
Complainant Ricardo Fulgencio IV, chairman of Stop Corruption Organization of the Philippines Inc., alleged that Diokno and fellow respondents “favored” OVD Kinegram AG and awarded it a deal totalling ₱1.75 billion without public bidding for the lease of card production and personalization equipment. The amount consisted of ₱904.8 million for diffractive optically variable image device (DOVID) materials and ₱841 million for polycarbonate sheets.