The Senate has retained the proposed P733-million budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) that the House of Representatives earlier approved in its version of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance,...
Michael Poa (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Quad-comm media, Facebook) Michael Poa--the only person with an official connection to Vice President Sara Duterte who had consistently attended the House panel inquiry on the issue of confidential fund...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has given one final chance for seven officials of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) to appear before the panel, after skipping the ongoing...
Officials from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) once more declined to appear before the House good government committee on Tuesday, Nov. 5, citing as reason the delayed transmission of a subpoena and questions on the panel’s jurisdiction and legislative agenda, among others. In a...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A House panel has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue a lookout bulletin order against seven officials from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) who are being...
A day after attending the Senate inquiry into his administration’s war on drugs campaign, former president Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Oct. 29, joined the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in its ongoing relief operations for the victims of Typhoon Kristine in Talisay, Batangas. Former...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) distributed food packs to some 8,000 families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in the Bicol region, which was left submerged and devastated by the typhoon last week. In a statement on Monday, Oct. 28, the OVP said it has readied 4,000 food...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has sent help to frontliners, responders, families, and students affected by Typhoon Kristine in the Bicol region. The Office of the Vice President provides hot meals to typhoon victims and responders in Legazpi City. (OVP photo) In a statement, the OVP...
Vice President Sara Duterte lambasted lawmakers for doing its own audit of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) budget utilization, arguing that government agencies spend millions and billions on projects. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks before the media in a sit-down interview on Oct. 18,...
It will be a no-man-left-behind scenario for six officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as Vice President Sara Duterte herself said she’s willing to get detained with them whether or not they decide to attend a House panel’s inquiry into her office’s alleged misused funds. ...
Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala says the organization is unaware that the certifications issued by its officers to the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte will be used to justify the Department of Education's confidential fund use. (File photo / Dema-ala) The Philippine...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) under Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly spent a whopping P16 million in confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) to rent 34 safehouses for...