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Ex-Usec Mercado: No money solicited in official DepEd program
Former DepEd Undersecretary Gloria Jumamil Mercado denied Vice President Sara Duterte's allegations that she was dismissed for soliciting P16 million from private companies, clarifying that no money was involved in the issue.
Mercado stated that the matter concerned an official DepEd program, DepEd-Guro, designed to allow the Vice President to contact teachers nationwide.
According to Mercado, Duterte's chief-of-staff cited the alleged solicitation as one of the reasons when asking for her resignation.
Duterte had previously stated that Mercado was a disgruntled former undersecretary dismissed for loss of trust and confidence, and for soliciting P16 million from a private company using the VP's name without authorization.
Mercado had testified before a House committee, claiming she was asked to resign after raising concerns about DepEd's computerization program procurement.
Duterte also mentioned that Mercado inappropriately assigned a teacher to the central office as her executive assistant.
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Former Education Undersecretary Gloria Jumamil-Mercado testified before a House committee that she received monthly envelopes containing P50,000 cash from Vice President Sara Duterte's office, allegedly handed by Assistant Secretary Sunshine Fajarda.
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Former Education Undersecretary Gloria Jumamil Mercado claims that Vice President Sara Duterte's chief-of-staff asked her to resign after she raised concerns regarding the procurement for DepEd's computerization program.
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