The travel expenses of the Office of the Vice President more than doubled under the leadership of Sara Duterte.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/office-vice-president-sara-duterte-travel-expenses-2023/
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00:00The travel expenses of the Office of the Vice President more than doubles to 42.58 million
00:05pesos in 2023, the first full year of Sara Duterte in office.
00:10In 2022, the first half of which was still part of Lenny Robredo's term, the OVP reported
00:14travel expenses of 20.11 million pesos.
00:18Almost 69 percent of the expenses under Duterte were for local travels, which increased to
00:2231.43 million pesos in 2023 from 18.62 million pesos in 2022.
00:29The OVP said the expenses covered the trips of Duterte, her immediate staff and support
00:33personnel, as well as the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group.
00:37The 2023 expenses for foreign trips, meanwhile, amounted to 11.15 million pesos.
00:43That was an increase of almost 650 percent from 2022's 1.49 million pesos.
00:49In 2023, the OVP also reported the following increase in personnel and costs.