Confidential funds: House stands firm on decision to realign funds despite Duterte threats

10/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Confidential funds amounting to P1.23 billion will still go to government agencies defending the West Philippine Sea the House of Representatives said despite the “threats and intimidation” from former President Rodrigo Duterte. Quezon City…

House answers Rodrigo Duterte’s rant after OVP lost secret funds

Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has no confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in its budgets for this year and in 2024 and all appropriations given to the chamber are subject to regular accounting and auditing…

Confidential funds: House gives zero secret funds for OVP, DepEd, DICT, DFA, DA

10/10/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Confidential funds will not be given to civilian agencies of the government such as the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd), a House of Representatives panel has decided.…

Sen. Hontiveros – VP Sara feud over secret funds escalates

Julie Aurelio, Marlon Ramos 09/16/2023

Sen. Risa Hontiveros is not backing down on her call for Vice President Sara Duterte to come clean on the disbursement of P125 million in confidential funds that her office received in December 2022. Speaking to journalists in Iligan…

Sara Duterte calls criticisms vs secret fund lies; thanks backers

Jean Mangaluz 09/11/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte has again lambasted opposition leaders questioning her proposed confidential funds, calling these criticisms lies. Her fury was particularly directed at Senator Risa Hontiveros and ACT Teachers…

Dispute over Sara’s confidential funds heats up at House

Julie M. Aurelio - Reporter / @JMAurelioINQ 09/09/2023

Opposition lawmakers on Friday said Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo was “engaged in misinformation” when she tried to justify the transfer of presidential funds to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) last year, saying that this…

Senators question Palace’s 2022 allocation to OVP

Marlos Ramos, Melvin Gascon 09/05/2023

Vice President Sara Duterte admitted to senators on Monday that her office received over P221 million in confidential funds from the Office of the President (OP) in December 2022, a budget entry that did not exist in…

Bus from OVP offers free rides to Mandaue commuters starting August 1

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/28/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A bus from the Office of the Vice President will soon ply the streets of Mandaue City. Edwin Jumao-as, executive director of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM), said that there would…

OVP gets smallest share of 2021 budget

DJ Yap, Krixia Subingsubing 09/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Leni Robredo’s office is getting the smallest slice of the budget pie in the bureaucracy despite receiving the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit. Robredo on Monday presented the Office…

OVP to wrap up #BayanihanSugbuanon program on Aug 31

Doris C. Bongcac 08/24/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Office of the Vice President will already wrap up its #BayanihanSugbuanon, a COVID-19 response operations in Cebu province by the end of August. In an advisory that was posted on her official…

Cebu’s ‘Tubig Queen’ now a bus facilitator for OVP’s free shuttle service

Immae A. Lachica, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/18/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu’s Tubig Queen has temporarily set aside the colorful floral costume that he used to wear while selling bottled water on Cebu City streets. Since July 9, Jay Kummer ‘Dodoy’ Teberio shifted to…

Robredo’s free shuttle service for COVID-19 health frontliners opens new routes

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 03/28/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Starting March 28, free shuttle service for health workers provided by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and its private sector partners will open new routes to cover towns on the east and north…

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