Episode description
Senators began investigating “deficiencies” found by the Commission on Audit in some P67 billion in funds the Department of Health spent and didn’t spend for its pandemic response.
In the process, they discovered how a new company with a missing address cornered a 9-billion-peso-government contract for the purchase of face masks and face shields last year.
Worse, the items were said to have been grossly overpriced at a time when millions of Filipinos are crying out for aid as rising COVID-19 cases triggered new and potentially longer lockdowns.
In this episode, we try to connect the dots as to how this company in question bagged the contract and who should he held accountable especially on the side of the government.