The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will request for a P733-million budget for 2026, similar to its budget this year, since Congress will reject a higher proposal anyway, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, June 16.
00:00For today's Manila Bulletin News Break, the Office of the Vice President is set to request a P733 million budget for 2026, the same as this year's allocation.
00:15Vice President Sara Duterte announced that the OVP will no longer continue its Medical and Burial Assistance Program and the Pansara Project that provided nutritional bonds to students.
00:29Duterte also confirmed that there will be no new projects for the OVP next year.
00:35She said she expects the budget to be rejected, citing political differences and last year's budget issues.
00:42However, Duterte decided to propose the same amount for 2026 with adjustments to account for inflation.
00:49So, we didn't have an alliance with the administration.
00:54And we saw that the last year, if you don't have an alliance, you don't have an alliance with the OVP next year.
01:04Last year, the Congress cut the OVP's P2.37 billion budget proposal by P1.3 billion, citing the need to realign funds and avoid redundancy.
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