Pharmally case: 3 ex-PSDBM execs plead not guilty
MANILA, Philippines — Three former officials of the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) yesterday pleaded not guilty in connection with the allegedly overpriced procurement of personal protective equipment and surgical masks from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former PS-DBM officials Allan Raul Catalan, Dickson Panti and Gerelyn Francisco Vergara pleaded not guilty to graft during their arraignment at the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division.
Former procurement director Warren Liong and Pharmally executives Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong did not enter a plea as the anti-graft court has yet to resolve their motions for reconsideration to an earlier ruling denying their bid to dismiss the graft charges filed against them.
Former PS-DBM officer-in-charge Christopher Lloyd Lao and former supervising administrative officer Arnold Jame Dupla pleaded guilty during their arraignment in August.
The Sandiganbayan set the next pre-trial conference on Oct. 21.
Pharmally case: 3 ex-DBM execs plead not guilty
Daphne Galvez
MANILA, Philippines — Three former officials of the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) yesterday pleaded not guilty in connection with the allegedly overpriced procurement of personal protective equipment and surgical masks from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former PS-DBM officials Allan Raul Catalan, Dickson Panti and Gerelyn Francisco Vergara pleaded not guilty to graft during their arraignment at the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division.
Former procurement director Warren Liong and Pharmally executives Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong did not enter a plea as the anti-graft court has yet to resolve their motions for reconsideration to an earlier ruling denying their bid to dismiss the graft charges filed against them.
Former PS-DBM officer-in-charge Christopher Lloyd Lao and former supervising administrative officer Arnold Jame Dupla pleaded guilty during their arraignment in August.
The Sandiganbayan set the next pre-trial conference on Oct. 21.
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