25 payees of OVP, DepEd confidential funds were minors – PSA

Philippine Statistics Authority Assistant National Statistician Marizza Grande appears in the Senate to testify in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. (Senate PRIB) MANILA, Philippines — Some recipients of the confidential funds disbursed by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) were notably minors, a statistician said on the 22nd day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Monday. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) assistant national statistician Marizza Grande, one of the prosecution’s witnesses against Duterte, noted there were single-match entries, suggesting several minors were among the recipients of the OVP and DepEd’s confidential funds. READ: Duterte trial Day 22: PSA official to testify on CF payees’ identities Article continues after this advertisement A single-match entry refers to a single or isolated record or hit on one specific individual, while a multiple-match entry refers to several records, and a no-match entry. “Based po doon sa verification namin, nakita namin na as per record, meron pong 20 na menor de edad doon po sa OVP list,” said Grande. (Based on our verification, we found that, according to the records, there are 20 minors on the OVP list.) “Doon naman po sa DepEd list, based on records po, meron pong limang menor de edad based sa kanilang mga birth certificates,” she added. (Regarding the DepEd list, based on the records, five individuals are minors according to their birth certificates.) Article continues after this advertisement Among the names used in the acknowledgement receipts cited by the prosecution were as follows: Miko Alquizar – received P400,000 in confidential funds on March 28, 2023; born June 11, which makes him one year old at the time. Beatrice Cuenca – received P400 in confidential funds on March 13, 2023; born Jan. 7, 2022, which makes her one year old at the time. Mikay delos Reyes – received P200,000 in confidential funds on March 27, 2023; born Jan. 13, 2020, which makes her three years old at the time. Asked who among the recorded minors was the youngest, Grande said someone whose records showed the person was only two months old—an individual named Marlin Sunga. Article continues after this advertisement Oddly enough, the same records showed that Sunga was born in 1965 and died in the same year, on Nov. 2. Grande, however, clarified that all this information was based on PSA records, adding that she could not categorically state that they were indeed the payees of the OVP and DepEd./coa Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful.