WATCH: Ex-DepEd Official Claims VP Sara Gave Out P50,000 Cash Envelopes
#TheBigStory | Former Department of education undersecretary Gloria Jumamil Mercado claimed that she and other employees received monthly cash envelopes containing P50,000 for nine months during Vice President Sara Duterte’s term as DepEd secretary.
Former Department of education undersecretary Gloria Jumamil Mercado appears at the House committee on good government and public accountability’s hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Photo from the House of Representatives’ Facebook page
Mercado said that the envelopes were labeled "HoPE" and handed to her by Duterte’s head executive assistant Sunshine Fajarda from February to September 2023.
