Duterte-linked firm got 49 govt contracts

FORTY-NINE contracts worth a combined P35.878 million were awarded by various government agencies to a corporation linked to Vice President Sara Duterte, a state procurement official testified on Tuesday.Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Division chief Rendell Sope a confirmed that GenCorp Industries Inc. received 49 government contract awards from July 21, 2022 to June 2026.The period covered by the records began less than a month after Duterte assumed office as vice president on June 30, 2022."We searched the repository, or the procurement database, using GenCorp Industries Inc. as the merchant.