The Office of the Ombudsman recommends filing a graft case against former health secretary Francisco Duque III and former budget undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao. The indictment stems from the allegedly irregular transfer of P41 billion for COVID-19 supplies.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/ombudsman-pushes-graft-case-vs-duque-lao-over-irregular-transfer-covid-19-supplies/
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00:00The Office of the Ombudsman recommends filing a graft case against former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lau.
00:10The indictment stems from the allegedly irregular transfer of P41 billion from the Health Department to the Budget Department's procurement service to purchase COVID-19 supplies.
00:21The Ombudsman also finds Duque and Lau guilty of grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.
00:28Investigations reveal that at the height of the pandemic, the Duterte administration awarded a number of multibillion-peso supply contracts to a small, inexperienced company called Farmally.
00:38The contracts were found to be anomalous.
00:40The Ombudsman earlier dismissed Duque and Lau from service and forfeited all their retirement benefits.
00:46It also permanently disqualified them from public office.