Tag page - confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs)

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...

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,...