Sara: OVP officials skipped House probe due to anniversary preps

John Eric Mendoza 11/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday said some Office of the Vice President (OVP) officials skipped House of Representatives hearings due to activities of her office’s anniversary. Earlier, four OVP executives who skipped the…

Senate adopts OVP’s proposed P733-M budget as approved by Lower House

Faith Argosino 11/05/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe announced that the Senate has adopted the P733-million budget proposal for the Office of the Vice President (OVP), as approved by the House of Representatives in the 2025 General Appropriations Bill…

VP Sara on calls for her resignation: I’m not going anywhere

Zacarian Sarao 09/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday maintained that she was “not going anywhere” amid calls for her to resign from her post due to her refusal to attend the House deliberations on her office’s…

House approves P6.352 trillion budget for 2025

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 09/25/2024

MANILA, Philippines — House Bill (HB) No. 10800, which contains the P6.352 trillion proposed budget for 2025, was approved by the House of Representatives on the third and final reading on Wednesday. During the plenary session, 285…

VP rebuked by House Panel via vote — and ‘pusit’ lunch?

Krixia Subingsubing - Reporter / @KrixiasINQ 09/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the House committee on appropriations made their sentiments known by their vote and — and apparently by what they had for lunch. In what is seen as a rebuke of Vice President…

VP Sara: I’m not a brat, solons just don’t like my answers

Zacarian Sarao 09/09/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte brushed off being called a brat and thought such labels against her were part of attacks from political opponents and critics. In a video of an interview shared by the…

Sara Duterte’s secret fund spending ‘a violation twice over’

Krixia Subingsubing 08/31/2024

The notice of disallowance (ND) by the Commission on Audit (COA) against P73 million out of the P125-million confidential funds spent by Vice President Sara Duterte in 2022 brought out more questions than answers, as it was…

OVP 2025 budget under scrutiny at House: No quick OK this time

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 08/27/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) will still be under scrutiny at the House of Representatives as the committee on appropriations continued to deliberate on the matter on…

VP Sara to attend Palarong Pambansa 2024 opening event

Emmariel Ares 06/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte has confirmed that she will be present during the upcoming opening ceremony of the Palarong Pambansa 2024 in Cebu City. She announced this to local media during an ambush…

OVP says it didn’t request confidential funds for 2025

Luisa Cabato 06/30/2024

MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Vice President (OVP) did not request confidential funds from the proposed P6.3-trillion national budget for 2025, Vice President Sara Duterte announced. “For the Office of the Vice President, no, wala…

SC gets 3rd petition to declare OVP’s 2022 secret funds unconstitutional

Tetch Torres-Tupas 12/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A third petition has been filed with the Supreme Court  (SC) asking to declare as unconstitutional and void the release of the P125-million confidential funds to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in…

Sara gives up seeking P650M in secret funds

Melvin Gascon 11/10/2023

After relentless opposition from activists and many lawmakers, Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday dropped her requests for confidential funds (CF) amounting to P500 million for her office and another P150 million for the Department of Education…

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