Palace takes swipe at Dutertes over 'ghost students' in DepEd's voucher program

Manila Bulletin

Malacañang has once again took a swipe at the Dutertes, this time over the Department of Education's  (DepEd) voucher program anomaly.  Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said with the potential recovery of about P65 million from the ghost students scheme on DepEd's voucher program, the agency "will not be put to dumpster."  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/3/28/palace-takes-swipe-at-dutertes-over-ghost-students-in-dep-ed-s-voucher-program  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00This is good news, it should be included in the good news.

00:07Because of the leadership, let us remember that this is under the leadership of Deputy Secretary Sunny Angara,

00:14the GOES students were well investigated, the voucher program anomalies,

00:22and this will result in 65 million that we will be able to recover.

00:29Let us remember that these GOES students started in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023,

00:38this is the time of former President Duterte and the time of Deputy Secretary VP Sara.

00:49So with this result, we can now say that DepEd will not be put to dumpster.

01:01The DOH will not go to the dumpster because something is being done.

01:06If it is possible that it is not yet the leader, it may not be investigated yet.

01:13And we will not be able to recover the 65 million pesos of funds from the GOES students.

01:21Jessica, just a follow-up.

01:23Has the issue been investigated about this? And if there is, how many have been investigated?

01:30As of now, what is in the news and what Secretary Angara said is that they just gave an ultimatum,

01:38they gave a demand letter to the schools involved regarding the GOES students.

01:45And based on their investigation, we will be able to recover.

01:50But regarding the criminal actions, we will ask again what is the plan of DepEd Secretary Angara regarding that.

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