Senate wants DBM, DepEd execs charged

by Bernadette E. Tamayo - Red Mendoza

Jan 20, 2023 12:15 am

THE Senate blue ribbon committee has found that the 39,000 laptops purchased in 2021 for public school teachers for P979 million were overpriced and recommended the filing of criminal charges against officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

The report Senate blue ribbon committee chairman Sen. Francis Tolentino presents a copy of the committee report on the alleged overpriced and outdated laptops on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Contributed photo

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