Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, October 15 questioned the criticisms being hurled at Vice President Sara Duterte regarding the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) request of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for 2024. The...
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...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Wednesday, October 11 that he will fight for the confidential funds of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). This was after the agency was stripped of its confidential funds under the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations...
Ombudsman Samuel Martires has formally asked the Senate and the House of Representatives to significantly decrease the P51-million confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) allocated to his office to P1-million under the proposed 2024 national budget. In his letter to Sen. Juan...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte has declared if House Speaker Martin Romualdez decides to run for President, he would demand that an audit be made of how the fourth highest ranking official has spent public funds. (From left) Former president Rodrigo Duterte and House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
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...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte defended Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte’s request for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs), saying that she intended to use it to make military training compulsory again for high school and college students. (From left) Former...
The Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 10 said that it has zero confidential funds for 2023 under Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri. This is in response to reports circulating on social media stating that the upper chamber has a confidential fund worth P331 million for the current year. In a statement by...
