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Ejercito: Senate ready to extend courtesy to OVP at budget hearing
MANILA, Philippines — Whether or not Vice President Sara Duterte attends the hearing to defend her office’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2027, the Senate finance committee assured the Office of the Vice President (OVP) that it would extend the traditional parliamentary courtesy. “Why not? The granting of parliamenta

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