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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 7) — A group of lawyers, constitutional experts, and economists filed a petition before the Supreme Court to declare the transfer of ₱125 million confidential funds to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2022 as unconstitutional.
Senator Chiz Escudero vowed to scrutinize the proposed ?5.768 trillion 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) once it is taken up at the plenary to ensure that next year's national budget truly supports the needs of the people.
DBM PRESS RELEASE08 November 2023
THE leadership of the House of Representatives last night removed Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo as deputy speaker for not signing a resolution defending the chamber amid allegations by her staunch ally, former president Rodrigo Duterte, against the institution over its decision to strip his daughter Vice President Sara Duterte of confidential funds under the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024.
THE Senate Committee on Finance yesterday endorsed for plenary approval its proposed P5.768 trillion national budget for 2024, which chairperson Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara said will allocate funding that would support the Marcos administration’s “Bagong Pilipinas” or a New Philippines brand of governance.
MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez has made it clear that the House of Representatives’ power of the purse – the constitutional mandate to scrutinize the government’s annual budget – is “non-negotiable” regardless of political implications.
MANILA, Philippines — The House special committee on the West Philippine Sea kicked off yesterday its inquiry into China’s aggressive actions against Filipino vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
MANILA, Philippines — Legal experts and former government officials yesterday filed a petition asking the Supreme Court (SC) to declare as unconstitutional the 2022 transfer of P125 million to the Office of the Vice President (OVP), which is under Sara Duterte, as a confidential fund.