Duterte-linked company’s transcations inspected in impeachment trial

MANILA, Philippines — Cale88 Food Corp., an organization connected to Vice President Sara Duterte, taped P40,138,766.28 in inflows and P40,001,101.79 in outflows in 2024 through its 2 peso accounts with Security Bank, its branch supervisor Leslie Cham informed the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday.

The figures were revealed after Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo asked Cham to clarify an evident inconsistency in between Cale88’s P332,530.95 ending balance in 2024 and a forensic report revealing about P40.14 million in deals for the very same year.

Cham at first informed the court that Cale88’s 2024 ending balance was P332,530.95.

Tulfo explained that a forensic report mentioned a figure of about P40.14 million for 2024.

Cham described that the P332,530.95 figure was the account’s ending balance, not the overall quantity that moved through the account throughout the year.

When Tulfo asked whether the P40.14 million figure represented cash that went into the Cale88 account in 2024, Cham examined the bank’s deal records and validated the quantity.

“The deal record displays in 2024 … P40,138,766.28,” Cham stated.

Cham consequently affirmed that overall outflows for 2024 totaled up to P40,001,101.79.

For 2025, Cham stated overall inflows into the account or accounts totaled up to P6,265,915.66.

In his interjection, Senator-judge Francis Pangilinan questioned Cham about Cale88’s peso accounts after the witness stated he might not reveal info about the business’s foreign-currency deposits.

“Does Cale88 have a peso account with Security Bank?” Pangilinan asked.

Cham inspected the bank’s records and verified that Cale88 had 2 examining accounts.

“Yes, it appears that Cale88 has 2 examining accounts, however was closed currently since this time,” Cham stated.

He stated both were peso accounts and had actually been closed in July 2026.

According to Cham, the very first account was opened in August 2024, while the second was opened in October 2025.

Cham stated the 2 accounts had 2025 ending balances of P332,530.95 for the account ending in 2013 and P21,164.27 for the account ending in 8581.

Pangilinan asked whether the bank might supply month-to-month deal reports revealing deposits and withdrawals from Cale88’s accounts.

Cham stated he did not have the everyday deal reports with him, discussing that the details was system-generated which he did not personally keep track of the accounts’ day-to-day deals.

Pangilinan stated it would work to take a look at Cale88’s banking deals from 2024 through 2026, especially because of an Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report he mentioned throughout the hearing.

The senator stated the AMLC report suggested about P319 million in deals from China in connection with Cale88.

He stated it stayed uncertain whether those deals went through Cale88’s peso accounts or a dollar account.

“We do not understand if that was through the peso account or that was through the dollar account,” Pangilinan stated.

He included that the quantities moving in and out of Cale88’s accounts from 2024 to 2026 would be “worthwhile of checking out.”

Asked whether Cale88 Food Corp. preserved a foreign-currency bank account with Security Bank, Cham stated he was not in a position to validate this, pointing out privacy constraints.

Administering Officer Francis Escudero also validated that Cham was covered by the suitable bank privacy guidelines.

Previously in the procedures, Cham likewise affirmed about a Security Bank account connected with Duterte’s spouse, legal representative Manases Carpio.

He stated Carpio had one active account with the bank, a peso examining account instead of a foreign-currency account.

Cham stated the account was opened on Oct. 25, 2022, and had ending balances of P25,074.34 in 2022, P232,134.27 in 2023, P344,338 in 2024, and P935,923 in 2025.