House Members Slam ‘Conditions’ Set by VP Sara Duterte

Palace: Sara's attendance at budget hearings 'her responsibility'

MANILA, Philippines — It was Vice President Sara Duterte’s responsibility to attend the House of Representatives’ deliberations on the proposed P903.8-million budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2026, Malacañang said.Palace Press Officer Claire Castro issued the statement after Duterte skipped the lower chamber’s plenary debates on the OVP’s proposed spending plan for next year."If that is what she wants to do. If she does not wa…

House members slam ‘conditions’ set by VP Sara Duterte

House members on Friday threatened to slash the proposed P902.8-million budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) after Vice President Sara Duterte skipped, for the second year in a row, the plenary deliberations on the matter. Adding to the acrimony was a letter Duterte wrote to the House appropriations committee saying she would attend the budget hearings on two conditions. First is for President Marcos to also personally defend the pr…

Sara Duterte Urges House To Demand Marcos Jr.'s Attendance for Deliberation of P27.3 Billion Proposed Budget of OP

Vice Pres. Sara Duterte Set Conditions with House of Representatives SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President urged the House of Representatives to demand for the attendance of Pres. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in the plenary deliberation of the proposed budget of his office for 2026. The House of Representatives and the Congress deliberated the budget ... Read more The post Sara Duterte Urges House To Demand Marcos Jr.’s Attendance for Deliberatio…