said Mr. Duque, who had faced resignation calls over his handling of the pandemic response.
The Senate last week released the top executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical who were detained for months after being cited in contempt for failing to provide documents relating to their supply contracts with the government. A Senate committee responsible for probing graft and corruption began its investigation into the governments handling of COVID-19 funds.
In hearings, senators had repeatedly questioned the Health department for transferring about P42 billion to the procurement service agency under the Budget department for the purchase of pandemic supplies. Pharmally secured more than P8.6 billion worth of contracts in 2020. Senator Franklin M. Drilon, one of the senators who backed the inquiry, said the outgoing health official
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