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COA flagged the Office of the President for failing to collect P14.4 million in foreign travel expenses advanced for other agencies.

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The budgets of the Office of the President and the Presidential Management Staff easily passed through the Senate Committee on Finance and have been deemed submitted to plenary.

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The budget for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s office once again breezed through House committee deliberations, marking the fourth year in a row he has been granted a free pass due to "institutional courtesy."

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One of the hardest parts of the job of an Executive Secretary in the Office of the President is handing out pink slips to government officials, especially fellow Cabinet members. Since the Executive Secretary is the so-called “Little President,” he is considered “primus inter pares,” or first among equals of all other Cabinet-ranked officials.

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COA flagged the Office of the President for failing to collect P14.4 million in foreign travel expenses advanced for other agencies.

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The budgets of the Office of the President and the Presidential Management Staff easily passed through the Senate Committee on Finance and have been deemed submitted to plenary.

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The budget for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s office once again breezed through House committee deliberations, marking the fourth year in a row he has been granted a free pass due to "institutional courtesy."

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