Sara Duterte trial: Witness reveals CALE88, Gencorp balances, 2022-2025

Inquirer.net - Oct 7, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Security Bank executive Leslie Cham unveiled the 2022-2025 year-end balances of two companies linked to Vice President Sara Duterte, CALE 88 Food Corp. and Gencorp Industries Inc. Senator-judge Francis Pangilinan asked Cham, who appeared as a witness in Duterte’s impeachment trial on Wednesday, if CALE 88 and Gencorp had accounts with Security

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