MANILA, Philippines — Sandra Cam, a board member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, is seeking an audit and a possible Senate inquiry into the charity agency's "grandiose" Christmas party, probes the office is ready to face, according to its head. Cam, who was a whistleblower in an illegal-numbers game mess more than a decade ago, claimed that PCSO spent almost P10 million for its Christmas party held in the five-star hotel near its office on Tuesday night. She said that she decided not to attend the party, which she described as "grandiose" and "lavish," as a sign of protest. Balutan defended his office's "grandiose" Christmas party at a five-star hotel, saying that the venue was "the cheapest and most affordable" for the charity agency. "It's the cheapest and most affordable since it's near the PCSO office and we will not be having problems about our parking spaces," Balutan said in an interview with ANC.

Source: Philippine Star December 22, 2017 08:03 UTC