THE FOUNDERS of Pharmally thought they had it made. We were in a once-in-a-generation pandemic, the government had license to act fast and spend billions of pesos in one go, and there was a global shortage of medical supplies.
“It was a time, I guess, the intention was… we are three young men. We were greedy and wanted to bite off a bigger contract,” said Huang Tzu Yen, the Singaporean co-founder of Pharmally. And they would have gotten away with it too, had it not been for a little-known auditor who died shortly before his report was published., a new podcast by award-winning audio production company PumaPodcast.
How did a six-month-old company with no money bag the biggest contracts from the Philippine government, edging out even local suppliers? How did it get away with bringing in medical supplies without an import license? Produced with a sound design reminiscent of a classic crime film and Lourd de Veyra’s signature witty narration, the podcast is meant to be as entertaining as it is informative.“The Pharmally scandal is proof that in a once-in-a-generation pandemic that killed so many, the people we trusted to lead us, failed us repeatedly,” says PumaPodcast Chief of Content Tricia Aquino in a press release.
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