Bayanihan to steal as one?

THE controversy surrounding the "overpriced" personal protective equipment (PPE) and other pandemic-related supplies following an award of billions of pesos worth of contract by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., has prompted Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. to clarify the government's position.

He had been quoted as saying that "the Philippine government dealt with Pharmally as a 'separate' legal entity from its owners," adding that "it was the corporation that made the bid. So, there was no need to scrutinize the [persons] behind the corporation."