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THE Supreme Court (SC) yesterday directed Vice President Sara Duterte, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman to respond within 10 days to the petition filed last month challenging the constitutionality of the controversial transfer of P125 million from the Office of the President to the Office of the Vice President in December 2022.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Vice President Sara Duterte, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman to answer a petition challenging the constitutionality of the transfer of P125 million in confidential funds to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in November 2022.
DESPITE the recommendation of Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel III that the Office of the President be stripped of its intelligence funds and its confidential funds reduced, these have remained “unchanged” in the bicameral conference committee tackling the P5.786 trillion budget for next year.
THE Senate has prohibited the use of the Executive’s contingent funds to augment the confidential and intelligence funds (CFIs) of government agencies, especially civilian offices which are not involved in defense and public safety.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has officially presented the People’s Survival Fund (PSF) Resolutions approving a historic amount of over PHP 541 million for climate adaptation projects to local government unit (LGU) beneficiaries, marking a significant stride in the nation’s battle against climate change.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 24) — A lawmaker on Friday expressed support for the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) decision to back out of loan negotiations with a Chinese bank for three mega-railway projects in Luzon and Mindanao.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) failed to answer a lot of questions from Senator Idol Raffy Tulfo regarding some projects affecting the oppressed Indigenous peoples (IPs) during the Senate deliberations on the proposed 2024 budget of said agency yesterday, Nov. 20.