Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is pushing for the realignment of funds from government programs that are considered “Duterte legacies” to education and social service programs. During the...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (PPAB) House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe said the lower allocation for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in the proposed national budget for...
The Office of the President (OP) is seeking once again a P4.56-billion confidential and intelligence fund from its proposed 2025 budget. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Under the OP's proposed budget, the presidential office is retaining its confidential and intelligence...
DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Marcos administration is asking for P2 billion less confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under the P6.352-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ruled there was "no illegal use" by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) of its P15 million confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in 2013 as it lifted the Notice of Disallowance (ND) it had earlier issued. In an eight page ruling, the COA granted...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB, Facebook) An "empty boast". That's how Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro described Vice President...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will not seek confidential funds under the 2025 national budget, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday, June 29. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers her message during the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) Pasidungog held in Cebu City on...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the appeal of Catanduanes Gov. Joseph C. Cua and several other provincial officials who contested the P14.8 million disallowance on cash advances (CAs) used for intelligence and confidential (IC) activities in 2012 and 2013. On Jan. 30, 2015, the COA...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB, Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro reminded the public on Wednesday, May 29 that the controversial allocation of P125 million worth of...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte expressed her gratitude to Senator Imee Marcos for supporting her family amid the tensions between the latter and her cousin, House Speaker Martin Romualdez. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Imee Marcos (Photos from Office of...
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the Department of Education’s (DepEd) request for confidential funds has been realigned to its voucher program. “I think yung [confidential funds] sa DepEd, nilagay nila sa voucher, school voucher system, and other...
From left to right: Expelled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr., House of Representatives main building, House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN, Speaker's office) The year 2023 came and went, but not without a...
