According to a Commission on Audit report, nearly half of the Office of the Vice President’s personnel in 2024 were the security detail for Vice President Sara Duterte.
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00:01According to a Commission on Audit report, nearly half of the Office of the Vice President's personnel in 2024 were the security detail for Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:11Of the OVP's 781 personnel in 2024, 42% or 335 were members of the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group.
00:22Officials and employees with permanent positions numbered only 165.
00:27The OVP says members of Duterte's security group joined her delegation in foreign and local trips.
00:32The unit was also among the recipients of donations from the OVP in the form of motor vehicles amounting to more than 5 million pesos.
00:41In late June 2022, the Armed Forces of the Philippines activated the VPSPG as a separate unit from the Presidential Security Group.
00:49In April this year, the AFP said it reorganized the VPSPG into the AFP Security and Protection Group as part of its rationalization and streamlining efforts.
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