‘Duterte-linked firm got 49 service contracts from Davao gov’t offices’

MANILA, Philippines – Forty-nine food services contracts were awarded by government offices in the Davao Region to a corporation linked to Vice President Sara Duterte, a Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) official said on Tuesday. PhilGEPS Electronic Government Procurement Operations Division chief Rendell Sopeña revealed the information while testifying in Duterte’s impeachment trial. “We