House: No confi funds for OVP, DepEd, DA, DICT, DFA | The wRap

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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• House denies 2024 confidential fund requests of OVP, DepEd, DA, DICT, DFA

The House of Representatives strips five government agencies of their proposed confidential funds in the 2024 budget bill.

• Marcos suspends LTFRB chief Teofilo Guadiz, cites alleged corruption

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. relieves Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Chairman Teofilo Guadiz III from his post due to ‘alleged corruption under his leadership.’

• What Navy boat? AFP chief says China’s Scarborough claims ‘propaganda’

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