{"id":206891,"date":"2019-03-26T03:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T07:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206891"},"modified":"2019-03-26T03:09:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T07:09:55","slug":"palace-leaves-sandra-cams-fate-to-ombudsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/26\/palace-leaves-sandra-cams-fate-to-ombudsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace leaves Sandra Cam\u2019s fate to Ombudsman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said it would be up to the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate an allegation that Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board member Sandra Cam has amassed PHP500 million ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom what I understand, somebody has already filed a case in the Ombudsman. So that\u2019s the Ombudsman call now,\u201d Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, Lino Espinosa Jr. asked the Ombudsman to investigate Cam\u2019s properties, including a resort in Barangay Pinamoghaan in San Fernando, Masbate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panelo said there is no need for the Palace to initiate a probe against Cam, a former jueteng whistle-blower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/46794914_769103936757994_4124778757334499328_n-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Panelo said there is no need for the Palace to initiate a probe against Cam, a former jueteng whistle-blower. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/a.397841807217544\/769103916757996\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/r\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince, it\u2019s already with the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman has the power to suspend, I think we will let it do the process,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will not be duplicating any investigation, considering the fact that there is now a pending case with the Ombudsman,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with radio dzMM on Monday, Cam has denied that her properties are worth PHP500 million, saying the land used for the Pinamoghaan resort was bought in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the newly-constructed resort will reflect on her statement of assets and liabilities (SALN) for 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cam, who was appointed President Rordrigo Duterte to the PCSO in 2017, said she is ready to be investigated by the Office of the Ombudsman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&nbsp;&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said it would be up to the Office of the Ombudsman to investigate an allegation that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":197910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206892,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206891\/revisions\/206892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}