FACE masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) bought by the government in 2020 amid the pandemic were not overpriced, a former official of the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) said on Wednesday.

This was what Overall Deputy Ombudsman Warren Liong, former PS-DBM director, told the House of Representatives' Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability during its motu proprio inquiry on the government's procurement last year of medical and health equipment.

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