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...
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...
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Sunday, October 8 challenged vocal critics of Vice President Sara Duterte to file cases against her if they have solid evidence that she misused and abused the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs). As far as he is concerned, Dela Rosa said...
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...
Filipino youth groups condemned Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte for her statement regarding the use of Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) for the country's “security and peace.” Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook Progressive group Anakbayan, in a statement issued Oct. 6,...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB) The "small committee" in the House of Representatives is endeavoring to "correct" the allocation of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte herself had said that she would follow Congress' discretion as to the fate of her confidential funds in the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker’s office, Facebook) As far as House Speaker Martin Romualdez is concerned, he and Vice President Sara Duterte are on the same page when it comes to how confidential and intelligence...
