Marcos’ office gets P4.5 billion secret funds for 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the President (OP) will receive about P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) for 2026, the fourth-consecutive year that it got the allocation under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The OP’s CIF was 38 percent of the total CIF amounting to P11.8 billion under the 2026 General Appropriations