Dead infant since 1965 among the 'recipients' of OVP's secret funds—PSA witness
A two-month-old who died in 1965 matched the records provided by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as one of the alleged recipients of P500 million in…
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A two-month-old who died in 1965 matched the records provided by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as one of the alleged recipients of P500 million in…
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The proposed P785.20 million budget for fiscal year 2027 of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) contained no confidential funds, a lawmaker said.
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Manila Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante said former Department of Education Undersecretary Michael Wesley Poa has an obligation to tell the truth about what he…
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The testimony of a former Office of the Vice President disbursing officer may be considered a “smoking gun” directly linking Vice President Sara Duterte to the…
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The prosecution treats this as a scandal — which it is not — since it is the system working as designed.
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Another “Piatos” has emerged among the purported recipients of Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds, along with names resembling those of prominent…
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‘It is the SDO na mag-dedisperse ng (that disperses the) cash advance.’
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The Marcos administration has proposed P10.773 billion in confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) under the 2027 National Expenditure Program, down 8.8…
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The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has exposed weaknesses in the government’s rules on confidential and intelligence funds, prompting calls…
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Presumptions often carry a stronger implication of probability or likelihood. For example, when someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, this belief…
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Government rules governing the liquidation of confidential and intelligence funds neither explicitly allow nor prohibit the use of aliases in supporting…
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A Commission on Audit (CoA) official acknowledged before the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday that no government rule prohibited the Office of the Vice…
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The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday presented a 2014 Department of Budget and Management (DBM) document before the Senate impeachment…
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‘The submission of receipts, bills or commercial invoices in support of disbursements from these funds for rental of safe houses, purchase of meals or supplies…
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A state auditor testifying on the confidential funds told the Senate impeachment court on Monday that it was only under Vice President Sara Duterte’s watch…
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The Senate impeachment trial is the proper forum for Vice President Sara Duterte to answer findings by the Commission on Audit (CoA) on the alleged misuse of…
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Bongbong doesn’t ring fake to you; it sounds impossible. Yet this country elected Bongbong. Twice the bong.
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It will be interesting to see how the defense lawyers tackle this charge and explain the ridiculous aliases of some CF recipients like Mary Grace Piattos and…
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