00:00Former DepEd Undersecretary Gloria Humamil-Mercado admitted that she received a lot of money from Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:11This happened when she became the head of the procurement entity of DepEd from February to September 2023.
00:20She received an envelope of 50,000 pesos from Assistant Secretary Sunshine Fajarda.
00:29She never opened the envelopes when she was still serving in DepEd.
00:35And when she retired, she gave the money to a non-government organization.
00:41Mercado also mentioned in her affidavit Attorney Reynold Monsayac,
00:46former Assistant Secretary of DepEd for Procurement, about a bidding in 2023.
00:53But when she realized that procurement activities need to be followed, she was fired from her position.
01:00Monsayac denied Mercado's statement.
01:07Vice President Sara Duterte did not have a direct answer to the allegation that she received a lot of money.
01:13But a disgruntled employee or someone who was hurt by Mercado was fired because of the issue of trust and confidence.
01:22Mercado requested to visit a company using the name of the Vice President.
01:27The OVP issued a letter signed by Mercado in which the name of Vice President Sara Duterte was mentioned.
01:36This includes the breakdown of the equipment and total cost of 16 million pesos.
01:44Mercado denied this.
01:52.
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