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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Seventy-five percent of the amount specified in the contract between the Department of Tourism then-led by Wanda Teo and PTV4 went to Bitag Media Unlimited Inc., the company of her brother Ben Tulfo. This is according to Norma Aquino, supervising auditor of the Commission on Audit, who appeared before the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing the issue on Tuesday, Aug. 14. Since BMUI received P89.87 million of the contract […]
(Eagle News) – Senate blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon pointed to the conflict of interest provision in the Constitution that was violated by former Department of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo when she approved P60 million in ad placements with her brother’s Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. Gordon, during the hearing on Tuesday, August 14, questioned Teo who answered him that she did not know that the program “Kilos Pronto” of Bitag Media where […]
(Eagle News)—Erwin Tulfo on Tuesday, Aug. 14, lashed out at media organizations he said have made it appear in stories that he had a hand in the P60-million tourism ad placement mess. “I am not part of this,” Tulfo said at the Senate blue ribbon panel’s hearing on the issue, referring to the contract between Bitag Media Unlimited Inc., the company owned by his brother Ben, and the Department of Tourism then-led by their sister, […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee started on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, its hearing on the controversial P60 million ad placement of the Department of Tourism with Bitag Media Unlimited Inc., of media personality Ben Tulfo, brother of former DOT Secretary Wanda Teo. During the hearing, former Tourism chief Wanda Teo defended the DOT decision on the ad placement saying there was “nothing anomalous” with the deal. “I can say with confidence […]
(Eagle News) — Ipauubaya na ng Department Of Tourism (DOT) sa Commission on Audit (COA) ang pagsasampa ng kaso laban kay dating Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo kaugnay ng umano’y kuwestyunableng advertisement deal sa “Bitag” media at PTV 4. Ito ang kinumpirma ni Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat sa pagharap nito sa House Committee On Appropriations para idepensa ang kanilang panukalang P3.044 billion na budget para sa susunod na taon. Ayon kay Romulo-Puyat, kung hindi maibabalik ang […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque described as “unfortunate” Ben Tulfo’s statement he would not return the P60 million paid by the Department of Tourism under then-Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo for the placement of advertisements in his program. “(Para) sa akin nakakalungkot iyan, dahil yung pangakong ibabalik ay galing kay Ben at kay Wanda Tulfo,” Roque said over dzrh radio. Even then, he said President Rodrigo Duterte himself said the process to hold those accountable […]
(Eagle News)–The lawyer of former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo on Monday, July 30, insisted he had been given the go-signal to announce the return of the P60-million payment of the Department of Tourism then-headed by Wanda Teo for the placement of tourism advertisements in her brothers’ program. Ferdinand Topacio made the statement in a radio interview, after Ben Tulfo, who produced the blocktimer program “Kilos Pronto” which received the placements, said he would not return […]
(Eagle News)–The P60 million issued as payment for the airing of Department of Tourism advertisements in the PTV program produced by resigned-Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo’s brother Ben has not been returned. This is according to Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who replaced Teo following her resignation over the ad placement mess. Puyat’s appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on Tuesday, May 29. Earlier,Teo’s lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, said the money would be given back on […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said on Monday, April 30, that the P60-million payment by People’s Television Network Inc. to Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. for the airing of Department of Tourism advertisements on her brother Ben Tulfo’s program was covered by a “government-to-government contract.” Teo said that she never signed any such contract, which “went through a bidding” and was “reviewed by” the DOT’s legal department. “All checks were made payable to […]
