OVP secret funds may have helped stop rebel attacks – Padilla

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robinhood Padilla on Wednesday linked the timing of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) confidential fund releases to the founding anniversaries of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF), suggesting the funds may have helped prevent rebel attacks. On the 13th day