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...
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have a “plan” in place to attack her during the deliberations for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget, Vice President Sara Duterte claimed. Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP photo) In the third part of a...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations on Monday, Sep. 9, swiftly terminated deliberations on the proposed P10.5-billion budget of the Office of the President (OP) for 2025 out of...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said it will reach out to Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, the designated sponsor of the OVP proposed budget at the House of Representatives, before the rescheduled budget hearing of the OVP next month. (From left) Lanao del Sur 1st...
Vice President Sara Duterte is no longer hopeful that the projects she envisioned for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) would still be possible given the political climate in the country. Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte Facebook page) In her opening remarks at...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Why did Vice President Sara Duterte act so belligerent during the budget hearing of the Senate? Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin tried...
Richard Cruz and Jojo Nones, the independent contractors Sandro Muhlach alleged to have sexually abused him, vehemently denied his claim at the hearing of the Senate committee on public information and mass media. The two read a prepared statement, maintaining their innocence. "Hindi kami gumawa ng...
