Sara still has chance to defend OVP budget – Quimbo
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.
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Defanging the Vice President
The House of Representatives committee on appropriations decided last Thursday to cut the proposed 2025 Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget of P2.037 billion to only P733.198 millionThe cut, which is about P1.29 billion, was announced by Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo through a press conference. In my many years working in Congress, if memory serves me right, this is only the second straight time a committee decision is announced through a presser, unlike previous decisions which are revealed via committee reports. By this sheer action alone, the House of Representatives is clearly engaged in politicking, as mentioned by Vice President Inday Sara Duterte during her presentation of the OVP budget in the Lower House.
Marcos Jr. celebrates 67th b-day with agricultural program launch
MANILA, Philippines — On his 67th birthday yesterday, President Marcos launched a new program offering low-interest credit and market support to farmers, even as he also relieved around 6,000 of them from paying their loans amounting to P277 million.
WATCH: Marcos turns 67
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who turns 67 on Sept. 13, 2024, says his birthday wish is to improve the country's agriculture sector.
First Family on President's birthday: 'We will always be behind you'
MANILA, Philippines — First Lady Marie Louise «Liza» Araneta-Marcos and her sons took to social media to wish President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who turned 67 on Friday, assuring him that his family had his back.
P1.3B taken out of OVP's budget
(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.
Marcos to skip UN meet
(UPDATES) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is skipping this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York due «to pressing domestic concerns,» Malacañang said Thursday.
US extradition request for Quiboloy may be on its way — DOJ
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.