Confidential funds should be used to promote peace and security and these have been realigned to agencies "best suited in these aspects," Speaker Martin...
Confidential funds for local government units must be justified, bounded by law, and accounted for, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)...
Why the insatiable demand for secret funds that are beyond the pale of scrutiny with a fine-toothed comb by the government’s Commission on Audit?
If...
Not all government agencies are entitled to confidential and intelligence funds, according to Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman.
“All agencies not entitled to CIFs because of...
THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday welcomed a congressional decision to augment its budget by reallocating confidential funds from other...
Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin on Tuesday cited the number of government agencies asking for confidential funds has increased, saying it has ballooned from 16...
"Budgeting confidential and intelligence funds for non-security officials is a curse for this country."
In the budget hearing, Vice President Sara Duterte underscored the critical...
The power of the purse is vested in Congress.
All appropriation, revenue or tariff bills, and bills authorizing increase of the public debt, shall originate...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday said the granting of confidential funds to government agencies has become a form of political accommodation.
She also urged Congress...
Senator Risa Hontiveros lashed back at Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, saying she doesn’t want her respect.
“I am not asking for your respect...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday cautioned the Department of Education against using its confidential funds for surveillance operations on teachers and learners in a...
