Vice President Sara Duterte thanked everyone in the Office of the Vice President (OVP), including her predecessors, for their hard work and dedication as well as affirmed their collective commitment “to reach, serve, and create lasting impact on the lives of the Filipino people.”
Senator Imee Marcos sees politics as a motive behind the House of Representatives’ removal of the P650 million in confidential funds requested by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd).
The Office of the Vice President welcomed the issuance of an audit observation memo (AOM) by the Commission on Audit (COA).
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has spent its P125 million confidential funds in cash in the last 19 days of 2022.
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) claimed that it spent its P125 million confidential fund in the last 19 days of 2022, not 11 days as claimed by a lawmaker.
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will leave the fate of its proposed P500 million confidential fund for 2024 to the discretion of Congress.
Senator Risa Hontiveros said the way that the OVP burned through public funds could be compared to a shopping spree using a credit card.
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) spent its P125 million confidential funds in 2022 in just 11 days and not 19 days.
The Office of the Vice President originally requested P250 million confidential funds in 2022.
Marikina City Rep. Stella Quimbo said she did not see anything improper about the P221.4 million contingent fund given to the Office of the Vice President in 2022.
