Sara Duterte says OVP didn’t request confidential funds for 2025 budget
Vice President Sara Duterte says her office didn’t request confidential funds from the 2025 national budget.
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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte says her office didn't request confidential funds from the
00:052025 national budget
00:07Duterte was under fire over the confidential funds issue, especially after it was learned
00:12that the Office of the President transferred P125 million pesos in confidential funds to
00:17the OVP in 2022
00:20Duterte had requested for P500 million pesos in confidential funds for the OVP in 2024
00:26but dropped her bid amid public outrage
00:29Meantime, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admits he's having a difficult time choosing the
00:33next Department of Education secretary given the demands of the job and the valid concerns
00:38of stakeholders
00:39The position was vacated by Duterte just the past week
00:43Two days earlier, Marcos told the media he would announce his new education chief by
00:47the weekend
00:49Marcos backtracked, saying,
00:50It turns out it's harder than I thought because we absolutely have to get it right.
00:55So I'm giving myself more time.