Manila Bulletin
House panel: Over 400 recipients of OVP, DepEd confidential funds have no birth certificates
Approximately 405 out of 677 individuals who received confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education lack a birth record from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), according to House committee chairperson Rep. Joel Chua.
The names of these 677 recipients were provided by the OVP and DepEd to the Commission on Audit (COA) for liquidation purposes.
Chua cited a PSA report dated December 8, 2024, which confirmed that 405 of the individuals listed had no birth certificate or any record of birth in the PSA database.
This revelation follows a previous finding where a recipient named Mary Grace Piattos also had no birth, marriage, or death record in the PSA database.
Previously, the same House panel chaired by Chua had uncovered errors in the acknowledgement receipts submitted by the OVP and DepEd, including incorrect dates and illegible signatures.
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The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has no records of over 400 names listed on the acknowledgment receipts for the Department of Education's (DepEd) confidential fund.
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A House of Representatives panel has asked the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to verify the civil registry records of 677 individuals listed as recipients of confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd).
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Over 1,900 names linked to the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) confidential fund expenditure have been submitted to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for verification.
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The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) confirmed to a House committee that it has no record of "Mary Grace Piattos" in its databases.
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The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) confirmed there is no birth record for 'Mary Grace Piattos,' who was listed as a recipient of confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP).
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