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

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 Bank.

Cham answered in the affirmative, revealing that CALE 88 had two closed accounts, while Gencorp has eight active accounts with the bank.

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Listed below are the year-end balances of the eight Gencorp accounts, according to Cham.

Account no. ending in 6890, opened in Oct. 2020

• 2022: P7,881,829.18
• 2023: P10,764,113.05
• 2024: P9,044,516.71
• 2025: P3,279,422.28

Account no. ending in 7044, opened in Nov. 2020

• 2022: P2,276,435.05
• 2023: P3,116,258.02
• 2024: P4,547,203.46
• 2025: P2,372,195.00

Account no. ending in 7204, opened in Mar. 2021

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• 2023: P2,372,195.00
• 2024: P5,053,327.02
• 2025: P4,138,640.65

Account no. ending in 7215, opened in Mar. 2021

• 2022: P40,593,620.72
• 2023: P15,658,349.55
• 2024: P11,301,205.63
• 2025: no figure

Account no. ending in 6022, opened in Aug. 2023

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• 2023: P501,390.50
• 2024: P1,500,642.31
• 2025: P1,501,492.75

Account no. ending in 2722, opened in Jan. 2025

• 2025: P3,189,501.58

Account no. ending in 8336, opened in Aug. 2025

• 2025: P18,656.16

Account no. ending in 9710, opened in Nov. 2025

• 2025: P0.00

The total for each year amounted to P50,751,884.95 in 2022, P33,221,143.18 in 2023, P31,446,895.13 in 2024, and P14,499,908.42 in 2025.

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Meanwhile, the two accounts under CALE 88 were opened in August 2024 and October 2025, and both closed in July 2026, Cham said.

Below are their year-end balances before closing.

Account no. ending in 2013, opened in Aug. 2024

• 2024: P332,530.95
• 2025: P16,987.59

Account no. ending in 8581, opened in Oct. 2025

• 2025: P21,164.27

The total balance of CALE 88’s accounts in Security Bank amounted to P332,530.95 in 2024 and P38,151.86 in 2025.

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Last Monday, Anti-Money Laundering Council Executive Director Ronel Buenaventura, who was also a witness, confirmed that CALE 88 had transactions with Chinese companies amounting to P319 million in total. /mcm