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Protesters call for use of confidential funds for social services. —BULLIT MARQUEZ FOR VERA FILES
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October 20, 2023October 20, 2023Politics

Hontiveros: Senate should adopt House realignment of secret funds

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The Senate can do “no less” than adopt the House of Representatives’ realignment of P1.23-billion in confidential funds in the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said on Wednesday.  “The House has taken the first step institutionally. So I think we in the Senate can do no less because we actually started...

When public money is spent confidentially
In photo, Vice President Sara Duterte is shown leading the release of 152 hatchlings of the endangered hawksbill turtle in Davao City on Sept. 12. —PNA PHOTO
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October 8, 2023October 8, 2023Opinion

When public money is spent confidentially

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The Office of Vice President Sara Duterte has denied her involvement in the recent disruption of traffic on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City purportedly to allow her convoy to pass unhampered. By then the video showing all sorts of vehicles at full stop on the busy avenue had, in the common parlance, gone viral, accompanied...