Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, November 21 sponsored Senate Resolution 302 creating a ‘’Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds (CIFs). The Senate minority group led by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III had questioned the necessity...
The creation of a Select Oversight Committee on Confidential and Intelligence Expenses will help ensure that agencies who are given confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) would be able to use this specific appropriation for the purpose it was intended for, Senate Committee on Finance chief Sen....
Former senators have urged the Senate to activate the committee that would exercise congressional oversight on how government agencies with intelligence and confidential funds (CIFs) are using their budget. “We have organized and activated a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and...
The Senate minority bloc has vowed to move for the realignment of the confidential and intelligence (CIF) funds under the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education during the period of amendments of the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Both the budget of...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Nov. 14, thanked the Senate for approving her office’s P2.3-billion 2023 budget, including the controversial P500 million in confidential funds, emphasizing how the move showed “confidence” and “trust” on the Office of the Vice President (OVP)....
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, November 14 reiterated her call for her colleagues to reconsider realigning the P150-million worth of confidential fund that is lodged under the proposed 2023 budget for the Department of Education (DepEd). Hontiveros pointed out the concurrent Secretary of DepEd,...
Former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon on Friday, November 11, said closer scrutiny of the Marcos administration’s P9.3-billion intelligence and confidential funds (CIFs) is called for. Drilon, a former Justice secretary, emphasized that the continued use of the CIFs undermines transparency,...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Wednesday, November 9 sought the realignment of the Marcos administration’s P9.3-billion intelligence and confidential funds (CIFs). If this is not possible, Pimentel said these funds should be used for food, ‘ayuda’ (financial...
The Office of the President (OP) under President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is seeking confidential and intelligence funds worth P4.5 billion for next year. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. This was learned by House of Representatives reporters Monday, Aug. 22, the same day that the...
Nestor Cuartero I am still euphoric over theoverwhelming response to my new book, PH MOVIE CONFIDENTIAL. We launched the book March 8 at the FDCP Cinematheque in Manila. The night...
Nestor Cuartero On March 8, my first movie book, PH MOVIE CONFIDENTIAL, a slim volume of 130 glossy pages, will be launched at the FDCP Cinematheque in Manila in cooperation with the Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors (SPEED)....
The Commission on Audit’s admission of experiencing difficulty in auditing confidential and intelligence funds disbursements has made it necessary for Congress to pass the bill creating a joint congressional oversight body to examine multi-billion peso allocations for the said program. Malacanang...
