Bulk Buying for HS Parents in the Philippines
Bulk Buying for HS Parents in the Philippines The premise holds under ordinary Philippine school and parental practice: bulk acquisition of team uniforms, shoes, and paraphernalia for a high-school or junior basketball squad, financed by parents or a PTA-style contribution and often paid on one card then reimbursed, routinely produces transaction totals in the same order of magnitude as those attributed to Manases Carpio.** One-sided reporting that isolates the headline figures without the institutional and economic context therefore misrepresents both the act and its fiscal character. ### Documented transactions and stated purpose In the October 2026 Senate impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, forensic analyst Alexander Cabrera flagged credit-card entries on Carpio’s personal cards: two Nike SM Davao purchases on a single day totaling roughly ₱300,000 and a Nike Pavilion (Kuala Lumpur) purchase of ₱256,882.50. Carpio and defense counsel stated that the Da...
