House panel wants OVP budget slashed by over P1.2B

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THE House Committee on Appropriations has recommended the significant reduction on the proposed P2 billion budget of the Office of the Vice President for fiscal year 2025. House Appropriations Senior Vice Chair Stella Quimbo said that from the proposed P2,026,357,000 budget allocation for the OVP under the National Expenditures Program 2025, it was lowered to P733,198,000.Of the P1,293,159,000 budget cut, P200 million was supposed to be for supplies, P92.

The House panel recommended the budget cut for the OVP after it deferred twice the deliberation on the matter.During the first hearing for the OVP’s budget, Vice President Sara Duterte refused to answer the query of the lawmakers related to how the agency spends its budget.In the second deliberation, no one from the OVP attended the hearing, which was taken by the committee as an “insult” to the institution.

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