00:00As of July 2025, the office of the Vice President has spent P20.68 million on local and foreign trips, covering travel expenses of Vice President Sara Duterte and her security personnel.
00:14More than P7 million was spent on foreign trips, while more than P13 million was spent on local travels.
00:20OVP Assistant Chief of Staff Lemuel Ortonio says Thursday, September 11, all the travel overseas of the Vice President is covered by a travel authority and did not include any public funds, did not use any public funds.
00:34Ortonio also clarifies, Duterte used personal funds for her foreign trips and OVP spent only expenses of her security and close-in staff that accompanied her.
00:44The Vice President's frequent trips have drawn criticism.
00:46She's currently in the Philippines after a recent trip to the Netherlands, where her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, has been detained since March.
00:55Political observers suggest, Duterte's trips abroad are part of a strategy to avoid media scrutiny, especially amid allegations of fund misuse and her now-halted impeachment trial.
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