The Davao City government’s annual confidential expenses ballooned from P144 million in 2016 to P460 million when Vice President Sara Duterte was the city’s mayor.
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00:00 The Davao City government's annual confidential expenses ballooned from 144 million pesos
00:06 in 2016 to 460 million pesos when Vice President Sara Duterte was the city's mayor.
00:12 Documents show the local government had set aside 144 million pesos for confidential expenses
00:17 in 2016, which was approved under the mayorship of Rodrigo Duterte.
00:22 During Sara's administration in 2017, Davao City's confidential expenses more than doubled
00:27 to 293 million pesos.
00:30 In 2018, it increased again to 420 million pesos and grew again in 2019 to 460 million
00:37 pesos.
00:38 It remained fixed at that amount for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022.
00:43 Based on its financial records appended to an annual audit report, Davao City's local
00:47 government had 2.69 billion pesos in confidential expenses from 2016 to 2022.
00:54 Davao City's expenditures in confidential fund spending are notably larger to that of
00:58 other major cities, such as Makati City, Manila, Quezon City, and Cebu City.
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