OVP Security Officer Took Back Acknowledgment Receipts for Confidential Funds

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OVP security officer took back acknowledgment receipts for confidential funds

MindaNews / 24 August 2026 – Col. Raymund Lachica, former head of the Vice Presidential Security Group, took back the acknowledgment receipts for the P500 million in confidential funds for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) after submitting his liquidation reports, a witness confirmed during the impeachment hearing Monday. Gina Acosta, former special disbursing officer of the OVP, testified under questioning from private prosecutor Amando Li…

From Piattos to Pagong, Pusa: More absurd-sounding confidential fund recipients floated in VP Sara trial

The continuation of direct examination on hostile witness Gina Acosta led to mention of more absurd, if not fake-sounding names from acknowledgment receipts (ARs) for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) confidential funds.This, as private prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan grilled Acosta on whether or not the former OVP special disbursing officer (SDO) could personally verify that the purported recipients actually received the money.Among tho…

Antonio Pagong, Timon Pusa, more unusual names in OVP confidential fund receipts

More unusual names, including Antonio Pagong and Timon Andrew Pusa, on the acknowledgment receipts for confidential fund transactions of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) surfaced Monday.

Acosta: P500M confidential funds released to 'unbonded' security officer of Duterte

MANILA, Philippines — Gina Acosta, former special disbursing officer of the Office of the Vice President, on Monday testified that she released P500 million in confidential funds to Vice President Sara Duterte’s security officer, Col. Raymund Dante Lachica.The Commission on Audit (COA) prohibis the transfer of confidential funds from one accountable officer to another.Private Prosecutor Amando Virgil Ligutan questioned Acosta over the release of…

More unusual names surface in OVP secret fund receipts

By Jose Cielito Reganit MORE UNUSUAL NAMES. Former OVP special disbursing officer Gina Acosta testifies before the Senate sitting as an impeachment court on Monday (Aug. 24, 2026). Acosta acknowledged that she did not personally witness Col. Raymund Dante Lachica make the payments attributed to the individuals named in the receipts, including Antonio Pagong, Timon Andrew Pusa, Don Piang, Shane Ngitngit and Xuniso Belat. (Screengrab from livestre…