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Former PS-DBM exec in Pharmally mess nabbed
The Philippine Star
|September 19, 2024
NO SP TREAT Un the re person Pre Sara D refu take he duri hea the com ΟΙ gover and accoun The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is looking at filing a resolution with the United Nations General Assembly or UNGA to address the escalating tension in the West Philippine Sea due to China's continuous aggression.
Former budget undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao, who is facing graft charges over alleged illegal transfer of public funds involving pharmaceutical company Pharmally during the COVID-19 pandemic, was arrested in Davao City yesterday.
Lao was apprehended by tracker teams of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group at Ecoland at around 11 a.m., CIDG director Maj. Gen. Leo Francisco said in a message on Viber.
Lao, the former executive director of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (PS-DBM), was apprehended based on a warrant of arrest issued by Sandiganbayan First Division chair Justice Maria Theresa Mendoza-Arcega for violation of Republic Act 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
This story is from the September 19, 2024 edition of The Philippine Star.
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