BIR says probing suppliers who cornered deals worth P42-B with PS-DBMPharmally director Linconn Ong in a September 24, 2021, Senate blue ribbon hearing confirms the validity of a photo that shows him meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and his former economic adviser Michael Yang. Pharmally clinched a lion's share of these deals last year, edging out more established and better capitalized suppliers to bag deals worth nearly P10 billion as of September 2021. According to BIR, withholding taxes remitted by the PS-DBM for 2021 so far is at P736.99 million while P1.07 billion was withheld in 2020. "Can we have a special tax audit of these companies since these are very substantial amounts? "I cannot understand and I cannot accept the proposition that you spread out the examination to all the regional offices when, in fact...a special tax fraud investigation can be done."

Source: Philippine Star November 11, 2021 01:03 UTC