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After vaccine-for-sale accusation, Colourette CEO vows to donate sales for political prisoners and ‘wrongly accused’
Nina Ellaine Dizon-Cabrera, the founder and CEO of local makeup brand Colourette Cosmetics, is launching a “payday donation drive” for organizations helping political prisoners and those who are “wrongly accused.”
The businesswoman made the announcement on social media after being linked to the alleged sale of COVID-19 vaccination slots.
“Though it was painful that I had to shell out money just to defend myself, it also reminded me of my privilege,” Nina said in an Instagram post.
“I had a legal team who was ready to do whatever it takes to topple the accusations. But it made me think – how about those people who don’t have the same resources as I do? How are they able to defend themselves from accusations that, most of the time, haven’t gone through due process? But that’s the thing – most of the time, they aren’t able to defend themselves,” she added.
According to the CEO, Colourette Cosmetics and Cabrera’s skincare brand Fresh Formula will take part in Lazada and Shopee’s “payday sale” on June 15.
She said the brands will donate “100% of its SALES to a group that works for the protection, rights, and welfare of the wrongly accused, and the political prisoners in the Philippines.”
Last week, Cabrera took to Twitter to air her concern about how she was "dragged into the scheme" when she exposed screenshots of an alleged conversation with someone selling COVID-19 vaccine slots.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) ended up identifying the businesswoman as a suspect in the alleged vaccine-for-sale scheme.
Cabrera was charged with estafa, violation of the Anti-Red Tape Law and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, but PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar later ordered the charges to be dropped, saying the businesswoman should not have been included in the criminal complaint. — Margaret Claire Layug/LA, GMA News
