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August 14, 2018

Senate probes P60M DOT ad placement: Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III (middle) and Senator Richard Gordon (left) Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman, listen to statements made by Department of Tourism (DOT) officials and other resource persons at the hearing on the P60-M “ad-placement” controversy on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. The controversy stemmed from a Commission on Audit report which questioned the P60 million-worth of checks issued by state-run People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI) to a media outfit owned by then DOT Secretary Wanda Teo’s brother Ben Tulfo, for advertisement placements. Also in photo is Blue Ribbon Oversight Office Management Director General Rodolfo Quimbo (right). (OSP Photo by Jun David/14 August 2018)

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