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OVP Spokesperson Ruth Castelo

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on OVP Spokesperson Ruth Castelo.

  1. CoA

    CoA: P73-M OVP fund disallowance final

    CoA rejects the OVP’s due process claims over its use of confidential funds, finding expenditures irregular and holding Sara Duterte and two OVP officials…

  2. Office of the Vice President officials led by Undersecretary Atty. Zuleika Lopez attend the House Committee on Appropriations hearing on Wednesday, 2 September, for deliberations on the OVP’s proposed P785.204-million budget for 2027.

The proposed allocation is 11.7 percent lower than the OVP’s P889.236-million budget for 2026.

    OVP budget without confidential funds

    The OVP’s proposed 2027 budget has no confidential funds, marking the third straight year without a CIF allocation under Vice President Sara Duterte.

  3. Sara’s long-time aide. OVP Assistant Secretary and Assistant Chief of Staff Lemuel Ortonio appears in the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday, 25 August as hostile witness.

    OVP sought P250M without plans

    OVP aide Lemuel Ortonio testified that Vice President Sara Duterte’s office sought P250 million in confidential funds in 2022 before submitting a detailed…

  4. BOXES containing Commission on Audit documents related to the alleged misuse of confidential funds are transported after the adjournment of the 11th day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday in Pasay City.

    OVP disputes 11-day expenditure

    The Office of the Vice President disputed claims during Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial that it spent P125 million in confidential funds within…