“I think the question is: Is Starpay the Pharmally of the DSWD or not?” Pangilinan said at one point during the budget hearing. ‘Questionable transactions’“Of the P85.1 billion in funding, the DSWD entrusted to Starpay almost 60 percent, or more than P50 billion. The fact that they received the bulk of the cash aid, compared to GCash and PayMaya, which are better known, is suspect. We do not know yet if the money really went to the beneficiaries,” Pacquiao said. Out of the 14 million beneficiaries for SAP 2 (or the second tranche of SAP), the cash aid entrusted to Starpay was intended for 6.9 million beneficiaries,” Pacquiao said in Filipino.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 11, 2021 21:22 UTC