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The Senate-approved General Appropriations Bill has retained the P733 million budget for the Office of the Vice President as proposed in the House of Representatives' version of the budget bill.Senator Grace Poe announced this as the Senate passed the bill containing the P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 on third and final reading.
We need to consult our House counterparts on these items," Poe said in a text message.The House's decision to reduce the budget of the OVP from the originally proposed P2 billion to P733 million came amid Vice President Sara Duterte's refusal to answer lawmakers’ questions on OVP budget use, including confidential funds.The Senate retained the House-introduced budget cut despite calls from Duterte's allies to restore some of OVP's proposed funding for social services.
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