Episode description
President Duterte is facing some serious allegation this late in his administration.
It began with a Commission on Audit report that found deficiencies in how the Health department spent — or failed to spend — billions of pesos in COVID-19 funds.
Part of these was a huge contract amounting to 8.7 billion pesos bagged by a company with limited capitalization and whose incorporators are now nowhere to be found.
But here’s the sad part.
Medical supplies such as face masks and face shields were allegedly overpriced several times over.
In response, Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque claimed personal protective equipment bought under the previous Aquino administration were also overpriced.
Christian Esguerra sits down with Atty. Abigail Valte, Aquino's former deputy presidential spokesperson.