A 125-million-peso increase in the 2018 cash flow of companies owned by Harry Roque raises lawmakers’ suspicions he may have benefited from POGOs.
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00:00A Php 125 million increase in the 2018 cash flow of companies owned by Harry Roque raises
00:06lawmakers' suspicions he may have benefited from Pogos.
00:10Finances of the companies PH2 Lot 37, Pinewood Holdings, and Biancham Holdings significantly
00:14rose between 2017 and 2018.
00:18Financial statements obtained by Rappler show both companies' cash flow went from under
00:21Php 2 million to tens of millions after Roque became Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson in
00:26November 2017.
00:27This was also when Pogos started to operate and flourish in the country.
00:31Roque came under congressional scrutiny after it was discovered he had lawyered for a company
00:35that leased land to a Pogo.
00:37A document also stated Roque as the legal head of a Pogo.
00:40Testimonies said he once liaised between a Pogo and a government agency.
00:44Roque denies ties to any Pogo or earning from them.
00:47He says the windfall came from the sale of a family property.