The trading company is at the center of a Senate investigation of alleged irregularities in the purchase of pandemic supplies and contracts by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management using at least P42 billion in pandemic funds transferred from the Department of Health .
Sen. Risa Hontiveros presented the unidentified male worker who spoke about the delivery of the poor-quality pandemic safety gear with falsified production dates from Pharmally.“I believe so, Mr. Chairman. I believe that is the case,” she replied.It wasn’t immediately established during Friday’s hearing that the tampered face shields were part of a P37.9-million DOH contract with a joint venture between Pharmally and Business Beyond Limits for 2 million face shields.
“I think she’s always used to getting instructions. So she remembered me, but that’s not the case,” he said.Willing to cooperate Mago vowed to cooperate with the investigation, prompting Pangilinan and Hontiveros to move to have her placed under the protective custody of the Senate.“Allow me to think about it. Let me think about it. I’m also an employee of Pharmally. So I have to consider both sides,” she responded.
“In the certificates, the production date was supposed to be the year 2020. Then we were ordered to replace them with certificates that are updated this year. The one who ordered us was Ma’am Krizle Grace Mago,” the employee said.“Even if the face shields were dented, the boxes were dilapidated, or there was dirt, we were asked to repack them all … even if the [foam] was yellowish already or wet because of the leaks at the warehouse,” the employee said in Filipino.
Mago said she was placed as a nominee by Sophia Mercedes Custodio, the incorporator of the one-person company.