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P10.29 billion in secret funds sought for 2025 

By Cristina Chi | July 29, 2024 - 3:30pm

The DBM first received an overall request of P11.39 billion from the executive branch but pared this down to P10.29 billion...

Headlines

COA eyes revisiting rules on confidential and intel funds

By Cristina Chi | August 24, 2023 - 5:20pm

Amid criticisms that too many civilian agencies have been given funds for intelligence-gathering, an official from COA said...

Headlines

Senate approves 2023 budget, slashing P172.67M in confidential funds

By Xave Gregorio | November 23, 2022 - 5:33pm

A unanimous Senate approved the proposed P5.27 trillion budget for next year, realigning a small portion of nearly P4 billion...

Headlines

ANYARE?: Uncovering the secrets of confidential, intel funds

November 22, 2022 - 4:28pm

What exactly are confidential and intelligence funds? And how did they become so huge?

News Videos

Tulfo tells DENR to tap confidential funds to protect Masungi

November 17, 2022 - 4:18pm

Sen. Raffy Tulfo is asking the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to act on reports of unauthorized and unlawful...

Headlines

Zubiri seeks revival of Senate panel probing confidential, intel funds

By Xave Gregorio | November 16, 2022 - 5:15pm

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is pushing for the revival of a Senate panel that will investigate the use of confidential...

Headlines

Pimentel to let Marcos keep confidential funds, but will seek cut in intel funds

By Xave Gregorio | November 15, 2022 - 3:29pm

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said he will let the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. keep the P2.25...

Headlines

Senate may require Marcos to submit report on confidential, intel fund use

By Xave Gregorio | November 10, 2022 - 6:16pm

Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara says he does not "foresee there would be too much resistance" to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino...

Headlines

Pimentel: Realign confidential, intel funds for disaster response

By Xave Gregorio | November 3, 2022 - 2:00pm

“Let us cut confidential and intelligence funds and rechannel this much-needed allocation to strengthen our disaster...

Headlines

Duterte spent entire P4.5 billion allocation for confidential, intel funds in 2021

By Xave Gregorio | October 12, 2022 - 4:31pm

Former President Rodrigo Duterte spent the entire P4.5 billion allocation for confidential and intelligence funds for his...

Headlines