The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of criminal and administrative cases against current and former high officials of the PS-DBM and DepEd for the purchase of allegedly overpriced laptops for teachers. READ:
A TEACHER holds an online class in this August 2021 photo. — THE PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS
Results of the investigation, signed by 12 senators, showed a total overprice of at least P979 million after the procurement of more than 39,000 laptops at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. These Education officials, along with former PS-DBM executive directors and others involved, will be tasked to collect and recover the value of the overprice, including accrued interest and damages.
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