Arroyo asks court’s nod to attend brother’s burial
Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday has asked the Sandiganbayan’s nod to attend the burial of his late brother Arturo Macapagal, who succumbed to prostate cancer on Tuesday. In a...
View ArticleOmbudsman asks Congress for additional intelligence funds
The Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday asked Congress to increase its intelligence funds as part of its 2016 budget. The post Ombudsman asks Congress for additional intelligence funds appeared first...
View ArticleTrash in cities gets Duterte ire
NOTING that intelligence and discretionary funds were the easiest to pocket, President Duterte said he planned to create a special team to look into how local officials used their allocations. The post...
View ArticleSC: Arroyo OK on fund release not ‘overt act’ of plunder
All that the prosecution was able to show was former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's unqualified "OK" on the release of intelligence funds from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the...
View ArticleMajority ignored irregularities, say SC chief, 3 others
Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has maintained that there was conspiracy between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and officials of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in the...
View ArticleIntel fund scandal looms over BOC as P19M in goods seized in De Oro
The antismuggling operations of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) continued here on Wednesday as another scandal loomed over how P17 million in intelligence funds was used during the tenure of former Customs...
View ArticleDuterte wants hefty hike in spy funds; but why? asks Lagman
What unforeseen event is President Duterte preparing for by asking for a P2-billion confidential and intelligence fund, and P5.5-billion contingency fund for 2017? The post Duterte wants hefty hike in...
View ArticleTrillanes asks Duterte: Where will P2B intel fund go?
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has asked the Office of the President to break down where the P2 billion intelligence and confidential funds it is asking Congress for 2017 will go. Trillanes made the...
View ArticleArroyo co-accused in PCSO case seeks house arrest
Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Rosario Uriarte has asked the Sandiganbayan to place her under house arrest for the non-bailable charge of plunder. The post Arroyo...
View ArticleSenate sets up body to look into use of billion-peso intel funds
Amid threats to national security, the Senate has created an oversight committee on intelligence and confidential funds that would look into, among others, the efficiency of government institutions in...
View ArticleTrillanes wants proper use of President’s intel funds
A senator demanded on Tuesday that the Office of the President (OP) allocate enough funds to six agencies responsible for intelligence gathering and ensure that its P2.5-billion budget for...
View ArticleOmbudsman sacks Degamo, this time over intel funds
The Ombudsman has once again dismissed Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo from public service, this time over the release of P10 million as intelligence funds despite being disapproved by the provincial...
View ArticleCOA clears DILG Usec of liability in suspected misuse of P35-M intel funds
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cleared Interior Undersecretary Austere Panadero of liability in the use of P35.25-million intelligence funds suspected to be irregularly sourced from the Priority...
View ArticleCOA orders Binay Jr., et al. to return P45-M intel, confidential funds
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered former Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. and three others to return to the government P45 million in intelligence and confidential funds...
View ArticleZarate: Huge intel fund makes PH look like police-military state
MANILA, Philippines – The huge funds allocated for surveillance makes the Philippines look like a “de facto police-military state,” administration critic and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said on...
View ArticleDuterte’s office wants 2020 budget hiked: OP ‘ang takbuhan ng lahat’
MANILA, Philippines — “Takbuhan ng lahat.” This was how presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo defended the increase in the requested budget of the Office of the President for 2020. The Office of...
View ArticlePalace insists: Bigger budget for Duterte’s office needed to ‘secure’ PH
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has justified anew its proposal for an increased budget of the Office of the President (OP) next year. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Tuesday that OP’s...
View ArticleGringo Honasan may face Senate probe over DICT mess
MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan II may soon find himself under scrutiny by two of his closest friends. Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday...
View ArticleSenate to fast track revival of oversight panel on intel funds probe
Updated 2:59 a.m., Feb. 6, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said the upper chamber will fast track the approval of a resolution seeking the revival of a special...
View ArticleSenate revives oversight body to probe gov’t use of intel funds
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday approved the revival of a special oversight body that would look into the government’s use of intelligence and confidential funds. During its session, the...
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