Tough-talking Duterte still hasn't fully explained OVP's 2022 confidential funds
It remains unclear, for instance, why the Office of the Vice President's satellite offices required confidential funds in 2022
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FACT CHECK: Confidential and intel fund line item didn't exist in OVP's 2022 budget
Barry Gutierrez, former spokesperson of former vice president Leni Robredo, says that what Quimbo is referring to is an ‘account category heading’ and not a line item
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Solons press Executive to restore SUC budget cuts | Jovee Marie de la Cruz
AS 30 out of 117 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the Philippines are set to receive less funding for 2024, lawmakers appealed to the national government to give students the chance to have a free state university education. House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro…
Source: businessmirror.com.ph
Lagman calls on Marcos to use contingent funds to bail out rice retailers
The Liberal Party president points out: if Vice President Sara Duterte benefited from the said contingent funds so that her office can have confidential funds last year, why can't rice retailers?
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Teenage pregnancy cases seen to rebound | The Manila Times
CASES of teenage pregnancy could rebound with the return to full face-to-face classes, a population commission official said.
Lolito Tacardon Rodrigo Duterte Edcel Lagman National Demographic Commission On Population Development Plan Of Action
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Bong Go to push for increased budget for cancer care; supports Cancer Fund initiative for OFWs
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, has expressed his full support for Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri's suggestion to establish an endowment fund for cancer-stricken overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This initiative is in memory of the late Migrant Workers secretary Ma. Susana "Toots" Ople,…
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Why transfer of P125-M confidential funds to OVP sets dangerous precedent
(1st UPDATE) 'Lawmakers don’t want to antagonize the Vice President because of the perception that she is a potential presidential candidate in 2028. She is the president-in-waiting,' says political analyst Arjan Aguirre.
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UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Since its founding five years ago, the UCF Puerto Rico Research Hub has strengthened
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Sen. Go to push for increased budget for cancer care, supports CAF for OFWs
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, has expressed his full support for Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri’s suggestion to establish an endowment fund for cancer-stricken overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This initiative is in memory of the late Migrant Workers Secretary Ma. Susana “Toots”…
Christopher Lawrence Bong Juan Miguel Migz Zubiri Department Of Health Cancer Assistance Fund National Integrated Cancer Control Act Regional Specialty Centers
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Rice retailers affected by rice cap may get ₧15K aid–DSWD chief
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is ready to provide P15,000 in cash assistance to small rice retailers who may incur losses due to the Malacañang-mandated price ceiling on rice, which became effective on Tuesday, even as the House Committee on Appropriations searches for unprogrammed funds in the…
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