Vice President Sara Duterte lambasted lawmakers for doing its own audit of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget utilization, arguing that government agencies spend millions and billions on projects. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks before the media in a sit-down interview on Oct. 18,...
It will be a no-man-left-behind scenario for six officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as Vice President Sara Duterte herself said she’s willing to get detained with them whether or not they decide to attend a House panel’s inquiry into her office’s alleged misused funds. ...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) believes that the ongoing probe into the agency's use of funds is "unnecessary" because the matter is already being handled by the Supreme Court (SC), warning about a "constitutional crisis" if lawmakers will continue doing so. The OVP in a statement...
Skipping anew the House good government inquiry into the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget utilization on Thursday, Oct. 17, several OVP officials called the hearing unnecessary and echoed Vice President Sara Duterte’s call to terminate the panel’s proceedings. Vice...
Vice President Sara Duterte asked lawmakers to stop using unreliable witnesses against her in their bid to besmirch her reputation. (From right) Vice President Sara Duterte and former DepEd undersecretary Sara Duterte (House of Representatives/Facebook) In a recent statement, the...
Vice President Sara Duterte turned the table on former Department of Education (DepEd) undersecretary Gloria Mercado after she claimed irregularities in the agency’s bidding process, as well as claiming that she received possible bribes from the vice president herself. Former DepEd...
Stressing that she is answerable to the 32 million Filipinos who voted her to power, Vice President Sara Duterte dismissed on Wednesday, Sept. 25, a suggestion by the so-called “Young Guns” in the House of Representatives for her to resign. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Sept. 25, that she will only attend the budget deliberations for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget in the Senate but not in the House of Representatives. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to the media during a...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, Sept. 24, denied claims that lawmakers were made to wait 17 hours during the House plenary debate on its 2025 budget proposal. “OVP didn’t make congressmen wait for 17 hours,” a statement from Vice President Sara Duterte's office read....
Despite the 38 percent reduction in its proposed budget for 2025, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) vowed to continue fulfilling its mandate to protect the rights of all Filipinos "just as how it has always been done." In a statement, the CHR said that under the 2025 National...
Vice President Sara Duterte may have refused to defend the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget, but she did not take a House panel’s inquiry into her office’s alleged misuse of public funds sitting down. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her opening speech...
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability’s inquiry into Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) alleged misuse of public funds is nothing more than a ruse to launch another political attack and prepare for a possible filing of an impeachment case against her, Vice President...
