MANILA, Philippines — Starpay Corp., the firm behind an e-wallet service used to distribute pandemic financial aid, on Monday disputed the corruption claim made by Sen. Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao earlier said Starpay, which was tapped by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), failed to distribute fully the aid under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) . He said that P10.4 billion was missing even, though it was noted that all of the payouts have been completed.
He said P50 billion of the P206 billion allocated for SAP was routed to Starpay, which Pacquiao tagged as a “lesser known” e-wallet service with a paid-up capital of only P62,000.
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