Monday, September 13, 2021

SENATORS SUSPECT 'GHOST DELIVERIES' IN PHARMALLY

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SENATORS SUSPECT 'GHOST DELIVERIES' IN PHARMALLY

Documents proving the delivery of billions of pesos worth of medical supplies bought by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. were prepared and signed even while the goods were still to be shipped from China, officers of the government agency told senators on Monday.

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Powerful `Kiko’ pummels Batanes

Gusty winds and heavy rains spawned by Typhoon “Kiko” toppled power lines, uprooted trees and destroyed houses and buildings in the island-province of Batanes on Saturday.

GOT YOUR BACK Five-year-old Riana Mae Pogoy is guided by her mother as she attends her first day of school as a Kindergarten 1 pupil, through online learning, in the comfort of the family’s home in Binondo, Manila. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

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Learning still best in classrooms, parents, education experts say

Perla Adolfo’s 12-year-old daughter, Princess, pelts her with questions at every difficulty encountered in accomplishing school modules. Although always willing to help her child who is in Grade 7 at New Era High School in Quezon City, Adolfo, 43, and a mother of two, feels frustrated.

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Opinion: Roque in a rage

Elsewhere in the world, doctors and nurses and health workers are justifiably feted as heroes for their valiant, invaluable work in the pandemic barricades. Here, for insisting that their voices be heard, that their insights and expertise be taken into consideration in the pandemic policymaking alongside those of retired generals and non-health experts, and, not least, that they be paid what is owed them, they are subjected to official tongue-lashing and scorn.