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(Eagle News)–Murder charges were filed on Friday, Feb. 21, against Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam over the killing of a vice mayor last year. Also charged for the death of Batuan, Masbate vice mayor Charlie Yuson III before the Department of Justice were her son, Marco Martin Cam; Nelson Cambaya; Junel Gomez; Bradford Solis; Juanito de Luna; and Rigor dela Cruz. Acting as complainants were Yuson’s widow, Lalaine; Charlie, Yuson, Jr., and […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III. Guevarra, through Department Order No. 564 issued on Oct. 18, also asked NBI Director Dante Gierran to hold a case buildup and, if evidence warrants, file the appropriate charges against the persons found responsible. Yuson was killed as he was having breakfast in Sampaloc, Manila on Oct. 9. At least […]
Cam says family had nothing to do with killing (Eagle News)–Two of the four suspects arrested by police in connection with the slay of Batuan, Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III work for Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam, Yuson’s wife alleged on Thursday, Oct. 10. According to Lalaine, who gave a press conference a day after her husband was killed, the man wearing a white sleeveless shirt based on pictures from the […]
(Eagle News)–Police on Thursday, Oct. 10, said they were looking at politics as one of possible angles in the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III. In an interview over radio dzmm, Capt. Henry Navarro, chief of the Manila Police District’s homicide section, noted five of Yuson’s supporters were killed during the campaign for the May elections, based on information from Yuson’s family. He said Yuson’s son, Charmax Jan Yuson, was declared winner […]
Seek to initiate contempt proceedings vs her (Eagle News) — Forty-eight congressmen are calling for the resignation of Sandra Cam as board member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Through Resolution No. 1777 introduced by Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., Rep. Danilo Suarez, and Rep. Robert Barbers, the lawmakers also sought to initiate contempt proceedings against her. The move, the lawmakers said, stems from Cam’s “contemptuous and threatening remarks” against Teves, whom she accused of being […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Chair Jose Jorge Corpuz has resigned. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a statement on Friday. According to Roque, Corpuz also resigned as members of the agency’s board of directors. The presidential spokesperson said he cited health reasons behind his resignation. “Mr. Corpuz, for the information of everyone, is not the person whom the President said he will fire for corruption,” Roque said. Only recently, the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam filed grave threats charges against the agency’s general manager Alexander Balutan, whom she accused of being behind the alleged threats she has been receiving since she revealed the conduct of a lavish party in the agency. Cam filed the complaint before the Mandaluyong Prosecutor’s Office. Cam alleged that the first threat she received was on December 27. She said on that day, for the […]
(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board director Sandra Cam on Thursday said she was mulling filing charges for grave threats against the agency’s head. In a press conference, Cam said this was because she believed he was behind the threats she has been receiving for the past weeks, right after she divulged what she said was the lavish year-end party held by the agency for its employees. Cam said the party […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will look into what Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office director Sandra Cam said was a “lavish” year-end party held for the agency recently. “Well, I think you know that the President does not tolerate extravagance, so we do not know yet. I’m sure the President will look into the matter. As you know, he’s very sensitive to what is reported by his own people in the different branches of government…,” […]
Says party was “well-deserved” by employees (Eagle News) — The head of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office on Thursday defended the conduct of a year-end party for the agency’s employees, adding he was open to any inquiry into the money spent on the celebration. Jose Jorge Corpuz made the pronouncement a day after Sandra Cam, the newly appointed PCSO director, slammed the “lavish” party reportedly held at the EDSA Shangri-la Hotel, a five-star hotel. Cam […]
(Eagle News) — I trust him. President Rodrigo Duterte said he continues to trust Cesar Montano amid allegations he committed “irregularities” as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “I trust the guy. Kaya ko inappoint yan,” he said in a media briefing on Monday night. He noted that Montano, who has made a name for himself in the showbiz industry, “did not need money.” “I don’t think he would go for that,” Duterte said, in apparent reference to the […]
(Eagle News) — Anti-De Lima and Whistleblowers Association of the Philippines (WAP) president Sandra Cam held a rally at the Senate on Thursday night, opposing any special treatment for Senator Leila De Lima. Cam said that De Lima should for instance not be detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center, since she is facing drug trafficking cases. She said illegal drugs have destroyed many lives. “Dapat ay isama ito sa regular jail para maramdaman mo (Senator) […]
