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...
“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...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Vice President and concurrent Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte has insisted before congressmen that the agency has "a purpose and a need for confidential funds". Duterte made this remark Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 30...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Gamaliel Cordoba said it's a good idea to update the joint circular used to scrutinize the utilization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) by government agencies. Cordoba made this remark...
A group of education workers on Tuesday, Aug. 8, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to prioritize initiatives that would address the learning crisis in the education sector. DepEd file photo This after the DepEd requested P150 million in confidential funds under its proposed 2024 budget of...
Vice President Sara Duterte shrugged off the comments made by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro against the P500-million confidential funds that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) requested, insisting instead that the matter must be left to Congress....
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 7, gave an overview of why the Department of Education (DepEd) needs a P150-million confidential fund under the 2024 national budget. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte during the National Brigada Eskwela kick-off...
Vice President Sara Duterte proposed a P2.37-billion budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2024, including a P500-million confidential and intelligence fund (CIF), the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) proposed 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP) showed. ...
Senators are keen on scrutinizing all requests for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) under the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, said he will check how and where the proposed CIFs of all...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Facebook, PPAB) Administration critic, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said Friday, Aug. 4 that the huge confidential and intelligence funds in the 2024 National Expenditure...
