Lawmaker: VP can no longer stay silent about P612.5M

Lawmaker: VP can no longer stay silent about P612.5M

MANILA, Philippines — With more dubious and fake names surfacing among supposed recipients of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education’s (DepEd) P612.5-million confidential funds (CFs), an administration lawmaker on Sunday maintained that Vice President Sara Duterte can no longer afford to keep mum as these could serve as direct proof […]...Keep on reading: Lawmaker: VP can no longer stay silent about P612.5M

‘More celeb-sounding names in OVP fund recipient lists’

More suspicious and fictional-sounding names – some resembling celebrities and high-profile personalities – have joined the list of recipients of Vice President Sara Duterte’s P612.5 million combined confidential funds, House deputy majority leader and La Union Rep. Paolo Ortega V said yesterday.

The House of Representatives will investigate real people who received confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd). According to House Deputy Majority Leader Paolo Ortega V of La Union, based on Philippine Statistics Authority records, 942 names on acknowledgement receipts submitted by OVP and DepEd to the Commission on Audit are real people. Ortega announced this in front of a lengthy list of que…

New batch of dubious names linked to VP Duterte’s confidential funds, lawmaker says

House Deputy Majority Leader Francisco Paolo Ortega V revealed a new list of questionable individuals allegedly named as recipients of Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds. Ortega said names submitted by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to the Commission on Audit (COA) include: Honeylet Camille Sy, Feonna …