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

Inquirer.net - Sep 22, 2026

[Updated Sept. 22, 2026, 3:58 p.m.] 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 said a total of

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