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SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday directed the legal office of the Senate to review the implications of a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that the Senate committed grave abuse of discretion in citing for contempt and ordering the arrest of Davao-based businessman Michael Yang and Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executive…
'Hindi talaga uubra ang plunder. Matagal itong pinagtalunan sa opisina sa Ombudsman, but that is the only evidence on record that we have,' Ombudsman Samuel Martires says of the graft charges in relation to the Pharmally case
The Ombudsman recently recommended the filing of graft cases against persons linked to the Pharmally mess. Remember who they are?
The Ombudsman also recommends imposing penalties: dismissal from service, with forfeiture of all retirement benefits, and perpetual disqualification from reemployment in government service
THE Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher A. Lao, two other former budget officials—one of them later becoming the overall deputy ombudsman—and several Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for allegedly conspiring to…