CAAP failed to implement 15 of 16 infra projects targeted for completion last year
Published Aug 20, 2018 06:11 pm
By Ben Rosario
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), the agency tasked to regulate air transportation in the country, failed to implement 15 of the 16 infrastructure projects targeted for completion last year.
Commission on Audit
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Commission on Audit said the lone project, a P2-million construction of a cargo building, suffered delays. In its 2017 annual audit report for the CAAP, COA chided officials for failing to submit to the Government Service Insurance System the complete inventory of physical assets that should have been insured. State auditors said this resulted in “exposing CAAP properties to risks of not being indemnified for any damages or losses” due to fortuitous events such as fire, earthquake, typhoon or flood. Among the uninsured properties are the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Caticlan, Aklan and facilities in Cagayan de Sulu, Zamboanga del Sur; Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur; Malabang, Lanao del Sur and Wao, Lanao del Sur. However, 77 of the country’s airports under CAAP have been insured with the GSIS under Fire Industrial All Risk Insurance and Airport Liability Insurance against Fire Industrial All that included sabotage and terrorism. “Of the 15 infrastructure projects for implementation in 2017 with a total budget of P125.500 million, 15 projects worth P123.500 million were not implemented during the year while delay was noted in the implementation of the lone project implemented, which consequently delayed the delivery of basic services to intended beneficiaries,” COA reported. Some of the projects were aimed at improving the safety and security aspects of various airports. Among the projects are the P51.5-million skip grade correction and reblocking of apron pavement; P2.5-million rehabilitation of the fire station building in Kalibo, Aklan; P15 million construction of a five-story control tower in Roxas City and the construction of retaining wall to replace damage trapezoidal grouted riprapped open canal in Iloilo, P4.3 million. “Nonimplementation and noncompletion of the projects on time consequently delayed the benefits that could be derived from such projects,” said COA.
Commission on Audit(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Commission on Audit said the lone project, a P2-million construction of a cargo building, suffered delays. In its 2017 annual audit report for the CAAP, COA chided officials for failing to submit to the Government Service Insurance System the complete inventory of physical assets that should have been insured. State auditors said this resulted in “exposing CAAP properties to risks of not being indemnified for any damages or losses” due to fortuitous events such as fire, earthquake, typhoon or flood. Among the uninsured properties are the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Caticlan, Aklan and facilities in Cagayan de Sulu, Zamboanga del Sur; Ipil, Zamboanga del Sur; Malabang, Lanao del Sur and Wao, Lanao del Sur. However, 77 of the country’s airports under CAAP have been insured with the GSIS under Fire Industrial All Risk Insurance and Airport Liability Insurance against Fire Industrial All that included sabotage and terrorism. “Of the 15 infrastructure projects for implementation in 2017 with a total budget of P125.500 million, 15 projects worth P123.500 million were not implemented during the year while delay was noted in the implementation of the lone project implemented, which consequently delayed the delivery of basic services to intended beneficiaries,” COA reported. Some of the projects were aimed at improving the safety and security aspects of various airports. Among the projects are the P51.5-million skip grade correction and reblocking of apron pavement; P2.5-million rehabilitation of the fire station building in Kalibo, Aklan; P15 million construction of a five-story control tower in Roxas City and the construction of retaining wall to replace damage trapezoidal grouted riprapped open canal in Iloilo, P4.3 million. “Nonimplementation and noncompletion of the projects on time consequently delayed the benefits that could be derived from such projects,” said COA.