The Office of the President is drafting a memorandum order that will authorize an increase in the advance payment for coronavirus vaccines, the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) said Thursday.
“The next crucible in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is the speedy procurement and effective administration of vaccines against the deadly disease,” Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said. “Time is of the essence. Each day of delay is very costly for the government, and leaves many of our vulnerable countrymen exposed to the dangers of this disease.”
Published February 9, 2021, 3:46 PM
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed the graft charges filed against Camarines Sur’s former rural health physician Bernadette Galan Carlos and medical officer III Gerardo Nolasco Villafuerte in connection with the alleged anomalous security service contract entered into by the province from 2008 to 2009.
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In dismissing the charges, the anti-graft court granted the demurer to evidence filed by Carlos and Villafuerte.
Demurer to evidence is a legal option available to an accused who can seek the dismissal of the charges against him or her on the ground that the prosecution’s evidence is weak. The plea is usually aired in a formal pleading after the prosecution has terminated the presentation of its evidence.
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Published December 25, 2020, 2:04 PM
The Sandiganbayan Second Division has acquitted former Bacolod City Rep. Monico Puentevella and two others of their graft charge involving the reportedly anomalous use of the lawmaker’s Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from 2002 to 2005.
Puentevella was accused of violating Section 3(e) of Republic Act 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act together with Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 Director Victoriano B. Tirol Jr. for conspiring with Merryland Publishing Corp. President Jessie D. Garcia on the procurement of Information Technology packages at P40,000 each for a total of P26 million.
According to prosecutors, this was a violation of Executive Order No. 40, Series of 2001, and RA 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act.