Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte thanked President Marcos and several officials of the current administration for backing the transfer of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) from the Office of the President (OP) to her office in 2022. Vice President and Education Secretary...
Former Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesman Barry Gutierrez urged Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to withdraw her two offices' requests for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) and allow Congress to realign the intended allocations to other sectors. (From left)...
The Senate on Wednesday, September 6 convened the select oversight hearing on the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), programs and activities in a bid to address questions and criticisms regarding the huge amount of CIF allocations given to key government agencies under the proposed...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 5, joined the tree-planting activity for the celebration of National Teachers' Month. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte at the tree-planting activity in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. (OVP photo) The official shared...
Malacañang has defended the decision of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to release the P221.424-million in confidential funds to the office of Vice President Sara Duterte last year, saying the President saw the need to release the amount. Vice President Sara Duterte (Ali Vicoy) Marcos,...
Vice President Sara Duterte thanked a Senate panel for approving the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) ₱2.36-billion proposed budget for 2024, including the controversial ₱500 million for confidential funds, even as opposition senators tried to question her. Vice President and Education...
There is something fundamentally wrong if the Office of the Vice President is guaranteed a higher confidential and intelligence fund (CIF) over the Department of National Defense (DND) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and other government agencies whose primary task includes...
The Senate Committee on Finance on Monday, September 4 approved the proposed P2.3-billion budget of the Office of the Vice President for 2024, including its controversial P500-million proposed allocation for confidential and intelligence funds. Vice President Sara Duterte attends the Senate...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) stood by Vice President Sara Duterte’s use of 433 security personnel in 2022, and stressed that comparisons with former vice presidents are “absurd” and “completely lacking basis.” Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (OVP photo) In a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has noted a 455 percent increase in the number of security positions assigned in 2022 at the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) security and protection group. In its annual audit report, COA said there were 433 non-plantilla positions assigned at the...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte expressed gratitude to the House appropriations committee for the approval of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) P2.3 billion budget for 2024. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (OVP photo) “We are grateful to the...
“There was nothing irregular or unauthorized” on the use of the 2022 confidential funds (CF) as the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has already complied with the required accomplishment reports for them, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Aug. 30. (From...