(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — One of the alleged favored suppliers of the Department of Education (DepEd) has cornered close to P6 billion in contracts for its information and communications technology (ICT) requirements. Senator Jinggoy Estrada disclosed this Thursday during the ongoing investigation of the Senate blue ribbon committee on the P2.4 billion “pricey but outdated”…
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada bared Thursday that one of the alleged ‘favored’ suppliers of the Department of Education (DepEd) has cornered close to P6 billion in contracts for the agency’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) requirements. Estrada said Advance Solutions Inc. (ASI) was awarded DepEd contracts several times, with the aggregate amount of these deals totaling “close to…
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Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in a presser on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, vowed to dig deeper into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) alleged practice of “splitting of contracts” among select suppliers of the agency. He also answered questions on the upcoming commemoration of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 20) — A lawmaker said he wants an investigation on several suppliers who seem to be favored by the Department of Education (DepEd) when it comes to the purchase of electronics. “Based on my research on DepEd’s contracts, I always encounter the names of ASI or Advance Solutions Inc., Columbia Technologies,…
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SEN. Jinggoy Estrada yesterday sought a probe into the Department of Education’s alleged “favored suppliers,” saying he always “encounters the names” of these suppliers in nearly all of the department’s contracts “that run into billions of pesos over the years.” Estrada made the call as the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumed its inquiry into the…
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MANILA, Philippines — Five “lucky” companies have been cornering billions of pesos worth of “juicy” contracts to supply the Department of Education (DepEd) with computers for several years, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said on Monday. Estrada, in a statement, said the practice of awarding the supply contracts to a select group of companies flouted the government…
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MANILA, Philippines — An investigation into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) “favored” suppliers must be conducted, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said. In a statement on Monday, Estrada said that the probe should be about the so-called “splits contracts” in awarding multi-billion-peso agreements to “favored” suppliers. Suggesting fraud at play, Estrada said the same names of suppliers…
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Hiniling ni Senator Jinggoy Estrada sa Senado na imbestigahan na rin ang mga dati pang pinapaburang computer supplier ng Department of Education (DepEd). Nais matukoy ng senador sa pagsisiyasat kung naging kasanayan na sa DepEd ang “splitting of contracts” o paghahati sa kontrata upang maigawad ang bilyung-bilyong pisong kontrata sa mga piling supplier ng ahensya.…
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday, September 19 called on the Senate to dig deeper into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) computer procurement program to determine if it has resorted to the practice of “splitting of contracts” so it can grant multi-billion peso deals to only a few laptop suppliers of the agency. In a statement,…
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Pinasisiyasat ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada sa Senado ang computer procurement program ng Department of Education (DepEd) para matukoy kung pinaiiral nila ang “splitting of contracts” para makapapagbigay ng multi-billion deal sa ilang pinaborang supplier ng ahensiya. Sa isang statement, sinabi ni Estrada na pag-award ng kontrata sa isang katulad ding set ng suppliers at paghati…
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