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SENATE deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros yesterday she was “not surprised” by the disclosure of former health secretary Francisco Duque that former President Duterte ordered the transfer of P47.6 billion on COVID-19 funds from the Department of Health to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM).
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros has urged the Office of the Ombudsman to indict former president Rodrigo Duterte for graft over the irregular transfer of the P47.6-billion budget for the country’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
I am not surprised by former Secretary Duque's revelation.
THE rivalry between Ronald Cardema of the Duterte Youth and former Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon of the P3PWD party-list is set for another sequel.
MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte authorized the transfer of P47.6 billion to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) for the purchase of COVID-19 protective equipment, former health secretary Francisco Duque III said during yesterday’s hearing of the House committee on appropriations.
The assassination of two provincial mayors in two days has raised fresh fears that law and order in the Philippines—already in a fragile state as the result of a bloody war on drugs—is deteriorating further.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petitions assailing the constitutionality of the P125 million confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for 2022.
TACLOBAN CITY — Former president Rodrigo Duterte accused the administration of blocking an anti-government rally here Saturday, but the organizers said they were compelled to cancel the event because of Tropical Storm Aghon.