A group of education workers on Thursday, Nov. 24, lauded the move of the Senate to rechannel millions in confidential funds to other items in its approved version of the 2023 budget. Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) staged a picket protest in front of the House of...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Monday, November 21 said the proper use of confidential and intelligence funds is key to counter the violence caused by terrorist groups. Padilla said this is the reason he is supporting a Senate resolution to establish an oversight committee for such funds....
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...
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...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, disclosed that several Filipino fishermen are still enduring the destruction that tropical cyclone Paeng left. Paeng, the country’s 16th tropical cyclone in 2022 and the fourth in the month of...
1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero has filed a bill that would set aside modernization funds worth P3 billion for the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs logo Romero authored and filed House Bill (HB) No. 3587 in order to make Phivolcs at par with the best...
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...
