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                    [Title] => Pharmally bosses helped bankroll Duterte campaign, says ex-bagman
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Executives tied to the controversial Pharmally Pharmaceuticals allegedly bankrolled the would-be presidential campaign of Vice President Sara Duterte in 2022, according to alleged Duterte bagman Ramil Madriaga on Tuesday, April 14. 

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Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla stood by the decision to withdraw and review the Pharmally cases that were filed at the Sandiganbayan, alluding that they seemed to have been built to fail.

 

[DatePublished] => 2025-11-22 08:57:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808287 [AuthorName] => Jean Mangaluz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/11/21/viberimage2025-11-2115-58-29-839_2025-11-21_16-00-16664_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2487928 [Title] => Sandiganbayan lets Ombudsman withdraw Pharmally cases [Summary] =>

Sandiganbayan allows the Ombudsman to withdraw Pharmally graft cases to reassess and reinvestigate pandemic procurement allegations.

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Under new leadership, the Office of the Ombudsman withdrew the cases filed involving the multi-million peso Pharmally scandal, citing the need for more details.

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                    [Title] => Pharmally bosses helped bankroll Duterte campaign, says ex-bagman
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Executives tied to the controversial Pharmally Pharmaceuticals allegedly bankrolled the would-be presidential campaign of Vice President Sara Duterte in 2022, according to alleged Duterte bagman Ramil Madriaga on Tuesday, April 14. 

[DatePublished] => 2026-04-14 14:52:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808287 [AuthorName] => Jean Mangaluz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/10/19/8_2024-10-19_21-41-28529_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2488925 [Title] => First Pharmally pleadings were ‘flawed’, reconfiguration ongoing — Ombudsman [Summary] =>

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla stood by the decision to withdraw and review the Pharmally cases that were filed at the Sandiganbayan, alluding that they seemed to have been built to fail.

 

[DatePublished] => 2025-11-22 08:57:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1808287 [AuthorName] => Jean Mangaluz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2025/11/21/viberimage2025-11-2115-58-29-839_2025-11-21_16-00-16664_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2487928 [Title] => Sandiganbayan lets Ombudsman withdraw Pharmally cases [Summary] =>

Sandiganbayan allows the Ombudsman to withdraw Pharmally graft cases to reassess and reinvestigate pandemic procurement allegations.

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Under new leadership, the Office of the Ombudsman withdrew the cases filed involving the multi-million peso Pharmally scandal, citing the need for more details.

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