(Unsplash) House Committee of Appropriations Vice Chairperson Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that requests for confidential funds should not be abused by government agencies. Garin, deputy majority leader, had this to say as she noted...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, Oct. 2 that there should be clear rules and limitations in the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), whether it's at the local government or national government level. According to her, the 1987 Constitution empowers local government units...
Should legislation to regulate the allocation of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) be pursued, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri believes that local government units (LGUs) shouldn't be spared from it. "If you come up with a law, I will suggest na isama ang LGUs (that LGUs be included),"...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) The alleged P2.697 billion confidential funds spent by the local government of Davao City between 2016 and 2022 could have been used to fund the allowance of local teachers for over a decade. Makabayan...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to look into the alleged spending of P2.697 billion in confidential...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) isn't solely for the purpose of addressing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. Committee on Appropriations...
(Unsplash) House Deputy Minority leader and Makabayan bloc member ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro proclaimed "partial success" over the much-disputed issue of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the propsosed 2024 national budget. “Sa tingin...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) At least 10 agencies will be affected by the House leadership's planned realignment of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Davao de Oro 1st district Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora says the Office of the Vice President (OVP) welcomes the audit observation memo (AOM) from the Commission on Audit (COA). During the House plenary debate on the...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 27, thanked members of the House of Representatives, including the principal sponsor of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed P2.3-billion budget for 2024, after heated budget deliberations. (From left, 1st row)...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) spent its confidential funds worth P125 million in 19 days--not 11 as previously discussed in the budget plenary debates in the House of Representatives. OVP budget sponsor, Davao...
Vice President Sara Duterte (rightmost, bottom row, sitting) listens to Davao de Oro 1st district Rep, Maria Carmen Zamora's (standing) defense of the OVP budget for 2024. (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will "submit to the...
