Despite Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel's prying, the committee report breezed through the Senate untouched. READ:
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Vice President’s 2023 proposed budget of P2.292 billion, which included a hefty P500 million in confidential funds, was approved by the Senate on Monday, November 11.It was only Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel who asked questions about the OVP’s proposed budget.
The bulk of the OVP budget will be allocated in its social services program or what it called “good governance program.” Vice President Sara Duterte’s spokesperson Reynold Munsayac earlier told Rappler that the good governance program will fund the following OVP projects:
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