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With the ongoing congressional deliberations on the proposed national budget for 2025, confidential and intelligence funds are once again in the spotlight. And with details of the way secret funds have been utilized, proposals have been revived to revisit and possibly scrap the joint circular that broadened the use of CIF by civilian agencies including local government units.
ADMINISTRATION lawmakers yesterday reminded Sen. Joel Villanueva to respect inter-parliamentary boundaries as they took him to task for questioning the decision of the House Committee on Appropriations to reduce the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) P2.037 billion proposed national budget for 2025 by more than half.
MANILA, Philippines — Without naming names, Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday challenged critics of the 2025 national budget currently under review by the House of Representatives, saying they should try practicing what they preach.
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte still has the opportunity to defend her office’s budget for 2025 at the plenary of the House of Representatives.
(UPDATES) A HOUSE panel on Thursday slashed nearly P1.3 billion off the budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), or 63 percent of its original budget request of P2.037 billion.
MANILA, Philippines — The United States may soon lodge a formal request for the Philippines to turn over wanted sex trafficker Apollo Quiboloy, a justice department official said on Friday, September 13.
Inisnab ni Vice President Sara Duterte ang ikalawang hearing ng House of Representatives noong Martes kaugnay sa hinihinging P2.037 bilyong budget ng kanyang sariling tanggapan para sa 2025. Sa pagdinig noong nakaraang linggo, nagkainitan ang Vice President at mga mambabatas na miyembro ng house appropriations committee. Kinukuwestiyon ng mga mambabatas ang malaking budget na hinihingi na hindi sinagot ng Vice President at sa halip ay sinabing pinupulitika siya.
MANILA, Philippines — She said she could function with a “zero budget.”
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will see its budget halved under the House Committee on Appropriations following Vice President Sara Duterte's absence and failure to justify the proposal.