The sought P10.733 billion confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under the proposed P7.2-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2027 is lower by 8.8 percent compared to the current 2026 budget. Thus, bared Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon...
Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, August 5, ordered the defense panel of Vice President Sara Duterte to again review the documents submitted by the House prosecution panel pertaining to her alleged misuse of confidential funds. This,...
Senate Impeachment Court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Wednesday, August 5, ruled that there is no conflict of interest on the part of Michael Poa, serving as defense counsel for Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial despite his participation in a 2023 meeting with the...
There is a presumption that Vice President Sara Duterte used the confidential and intelligence funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for her personal benefit because she failed to comply with state auditing rules, a Commission on Audit (COA) auditor...
The Commission on Audit (COA) 's rules governing the audit of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) should be updated and expanded to ensure greater accountability, Senator-Judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Wednesday, Aug. 5. In Day 13 of the impeachment trial of Vice President...
A group of education workers on Thursday, August 14, denounced the Marcos administration’s proposed P10.77 billion in confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) for 2026, branding them “pork barrel in disguise” and demanding their reallocation to education and social services. The Alliance of...
Reelectionist Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa favors limiting the allocation of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) to agencies relevant to national security and law enforcement. A former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Dela Rosa said that doing so will settle the issues...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, Nov. 26, that it will cooperate with the House of Representatives (HOR) after two military personnel were dragged in an investigation on the alleged misuse of confidential and intelligence fund by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) LEGAZPI, Albay--No less than Speaker Martin Romualdez is challenging Vice President Sara Duterte to appear before the House inquiry on the alleged misuse of confidential...
ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro chided Vice President Sara Duterte over what the Makabayan solon described as highly questionable receipts for...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A sworn affidavit is not enough. House Deputy Majority Leader Paolo Ortega V of La Union’s 1st district and Assistant Majority Leader Jay Khonghun of Zambales’ 1st district had this...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua called baloney Vice President Sara Duterte’s claim that she was only invited once to the inquiry of the House Committee on...
