Jose Jorge Corpuz, chair of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), said he and other top officials were ready to face any investigation of Tuesday’s Christmas party at the posh Edsa Shangri-La Hotel. She has been here at the PCSO for only a week and this … Our employees here now have very low morale. Balutan also defended the P6 million spent for the party, saying it was “very austere” compared to their previous Christmas celebrations. PCSO officials said they had spent P6 million, not P10 million as Cam claimed. While there would be fewer globetrotters from the executive, the legislative may not follow suit, according to Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 22, 2017 20:03 UTC