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MANILA, Philippines — No vice president in recent history has been granted the power to choose who presides over the questioning of their office's proposed budget in Congress mid-hearing. But today, Vice President Sara Duterte attempted to be the first.
MANILA, Philippines — House members across political lines on Tuesday refused to give in to Vice President Sara Duterte's request to not be asked questions about the Office of the Vice President's proposed budget, setting off a series of exchanges that led Duterte to call a lawmaker as "convicted" and for her to be likened to a "squid spewing black ink."
Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III presented the Department of Agrarian Reform's (DAR) Fiscal Year 2025 budget to the House Committee on Appropriations, presided successively by Senior Committee Vice Chairperson Rep. Stella Quimbo and Vice Chairman Teodorico Haresco, Jr.
THE House Committee on Appropriations yesterday ordered the Commission on Audit (COA) to submit to the panel its audit reports on the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is conducting an inventory of all its properties abroad, some of which are in premium locations.
A SENIOR vice chair of the House committee on appropriations yesterday said there seems to be an overpricing in the procurement of COVID-19 test kits under the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD), the same observation made by some senators in the previous 18th Congress.
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Sonny Angara’s name has been floated as a possible replacement for Vice President Sara Duterte, days after she resigned as education secretary.
MANILA, Philippines — Defending its current contribution rates, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. yesterday said PhilHealth’s existing premium contribution rates are based on what is mandated by law.