Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren (Facebook) House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren told former president Rodrigo Duterte Monday, Oct. 16 that the decision to realign Vice President Sara Duterte's confidential funds was...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren believes that former president Rodrigo Duterte has "gone too far". This, after ex-president Duterte supposedly threatened to kill...
Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano says he is standing by the leadership of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, which the Commission on Audit (COA)...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte The House of Representatives' move to strip and realign the 2024 confidential funds of several agencies wasn't done to insult Vice President Sara Duterte, but rather to benefit the country. Thus, said "political party...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook, Malacañang photo) The administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte represented an enormous 900 percent increase from its direct predecessor when it comes to...
Are the Dutertes in “panic mode” amid Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte’s controversial multi-million confidential funds, which the House small committee just removed from the proposed P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024? (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A total of 11 agencies were affected by the House of Representatives' rationalization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has expressed confidence that the realignments to the confidential funds would be adopted in the bicameral...
The national government spent P3.67 billion and P5.66 billion in confidential and intelligence funds, respectively, in 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) disclosed in its Annual Financial Report (AFR) on national government agencies. The government's use of confidential and intelligence funds...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Five agencies--including a combined three that are directly under the control of the top two officials of the land--will be stripped of their confidential funds under the P5.768-trillion General...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (left) Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking solons from the Committee on Appropriations have denied allegations that the House of Representatives has P1.6 billion in confidential...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (PPAB, Facebook) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo's stance on controversial topics like Vice President Sara Duterte's confidential fund allocation as well as the...