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(Eagle News)– Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and her husband Iloilo Rep. Oscar Garin Jr. have filed separate libel complaints against former Health secretary Paulyn Ubial. The complaints were filed in connection with Ubial’s statements to the media that linked the couple to the Dengvaxia mess. Garin’s complaint was filed before the Iloilo Prosecutors Office on Friday, while her husband’s was filed on Jan. 28. In a Senate panel hearing on the controversy, Ubial had […]
(Eagle News) — Seven Department of Health officials on Friday sued for libel a former health consultant who accused them of being part of a “mafia” allegedly engaged in corruption in the agency. Undersecretary Maria Carolina Vidal-Taiño, Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo, Undersecretary Lilibeth C. David, Financial and Management Service Director Laureano C. Cruz, Health Promotion and Communication Services Director Mar Wyn C. Bello and Assistant Secretary Nestor F. Santiago filed the complaint against Dr. Francisco Cruz before the Manila […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. filed on Monday a criminal complaint against former President Benigno Aquino III and several others over the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, facing the complaint for technical malversation, criminal negligence, violation of the Revised Penal Code and other violations were former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad; former Health Secretary Janette Garin; Health Undersecretaries Carol Tanio, Gerardo […]
(Eagle News) — The Public Attorneys Office and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Monday filed cases against several individuals including former Health Secretary Janette Garin over the Dengvaxia mess. The administrative cases against Garin, Undersecretary Kenneth Hartigan-Go, among others were filed before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. The P4-million civil case against those who spearheaded the dengue vaccination program and members of the board of directors and officials of Dengvaxia manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur and distributor Zuellig […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III and several others are facing a complaint for violation of the Omnibus Election Code in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. Dr. Francis Cruz and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption filed the complaint against Aquino, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, former Health Secretary Janette Garin and 16 others before the Commission on Elections on Friday. According to the complainants, Aquino and the others violated Section 261 (v) […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Former Health Secretary Janette Garin and her predecessor Enrique Ona pointed fingers at each other for the Dengvaxia mess at the resumption of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s hearing on Monday. Ona said he never included Dengvaxia in the list of vaccines to be used in the government’s vaccination program at that time because the clinical trial had not been completed. According to Ona, this was despite the fact that […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday slammed lawyer Ferdinand Topacio after he recommended that he and several of his officials be investigated for plunder over the Dengvaxia mess. “Siyempre, gusto (kong) sabihin alam mo, sinisiraan mo reputasyon namin. Pwede ka (ma)slander, hindi ka covered ng parliamentary immunity. Magbibitaw ka (ng salita), ganun na lang e,” Aquino said in a press conference after attending the Senate hearing on the snafu. According to […]
We didn’t want to expose the public to a risk that could have been prevented, he says (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday defended the apparent haste with which the money for the purchase of Dengvaxia was released. Speaking before the Senate blue ribbon committee inquiry into the Dengvaxia mess, Aquino said this had to be done so as not to “expose the public to a risk that could have been […]
(Eagle News) — Sanofi Pasteur on Wednesday again sought to downplay the effects of its newest advisory about its dengue vaccine, insisting that Dengvaxia was “safe and effective.” Speaking before the House committee on good government and public accountability that is also holding an inquiry into the fiasco, Thomas Triomphe, Asia Pacific head of Sanofi Pasteur, added that there was “no cause for fear and alarm.” “To permanently remove the vaccine from the Philippine market… would […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte would go after the individuals who have criminal liability for the Dengvaxia mess, adding that a refund was also what the commander in chief wanted. “(The President) has promised that after investigation.. has been or have been conducted both by the Senate and the Department of Justice… that he will run after all individuals who may have criminal culpability for this,” Roque […]
(Eagle News) — An unvaccinated child died of severe dengue on Tuesday, a Department of Health official said. Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag made the announcement in a Twitter post, a day after the Senate blue ribbon and health committees resumed hearings on the Dengvaxia mess. “I prayed hard so that a 7-year-old girl I visited in the hospital will recover from organ failure due to severe dengue…She died early today,” Tayag said. The Dengvaxia snafu […]
(Eagle News) — Senator RIchard Gordon on Tuesday said it appears the P3.5-billion purchase of Dengvaxia was the result of a “conspiracy” among former President Benigno Aquino III and his Cabinet officials. In an interview over dzbb, Gordon, head of the blue ribbon committee, one of the panels conducting an inquiry into the Dengvaxia mess, noted what he said was the suspicious timing of the procurement of the vaccine. The vaccine was procured only months […]
