The Vice President's office will end its medical and burial assistance program due to a budget cut.
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will discontinue its medical and burial assistance program due to insufficient funding in the 2025 General Appropriations Act. The program, which helped 187,028 individuals in 2024, will cease operations this year due to the budget cut, leaving the OVP with only P733 million, far less than the requested P2.037 billion. The OVP has apologized for the inconvenience.
January 15, 2025
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