While the Department of Health was scolded for overstocking millions of pesos of medicine, a Department of Tourism received a similar rebuke from the Commission on Audit (COA) for clogging its bodegas with over P52 million in promotional materials. Scenic spot Tourism In its 2020 Annual Audit...
The Department of Health (DOH) resorted to post-audit “cures” to address adverse audit observations noted by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2020 Annual Audit Report. D6E62FB9-E049-4C0A-9B9D-1CEACDF37A1D At the resumption of the congressional inquiry into COA’s findings that P67.32...
Former budget undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao should participate in the Senate 's probe and explain the circumstances behind the government’s procurement of overpriced personal protective equipment (PPEs) which the Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged in its latest audit report. Senator...
Filipina boxing sensation Nesthy Petecio, who recently brought home glory when she won an Olympic Silver Medal, was recruited by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Petecio and weightlifter Elreen Ando took their oath on Thursday, Aug. 19 at the PCG National Headquarters, Port Area, Manila in a...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday urged Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to assume full responsibility for the supposed deficiencies in his agency’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic funds instead of blaming others for the Department of Health’s (DOH) problems. “Certainly,...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday, August 18 thumbed down Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s claim the Department of Health (DOH) has been destroyed by the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on the alleged mishandling of the P67.3-billion COVID-19 funds. The Cagayan de Oro...
President Duterte cannot exempt government agencies from auditing procedures or encourage them from defying the Commission on Audit (COA) which is performing its sole mandate of being the state auditing agency. “The COA is an independent, constitutional body designed to check on the president and...
Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, speaks during a press conference after attending a four-party meeting in Tokyo on August 16, 2021, where the decision was made to bar spectators from the Tokyo Paralympics over coronavirus fears. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin / POOL / AFP) Spectators will be barred...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) emphasized its fiscal diligence on Modnay, Aug. 16 amid what an official described as "selective" news reporting of the Commission on Audit's (COA) 2020 audit report on the agency. DOLE Director Rolly Francia (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting)...
Pinoy Pride beamed brightest as the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 concluded with the Philippines emerging as the top performing Southeast Asian nation, bagging the biggest medal haul of one bronze, two silvers, and the highly celebrated first gold medal ever won by the country in Olympic history. Cignal...
The House Makabayan Bloc on Monday, August 16 filed House Resolution 2129 proposing a thorough congressional inquiry into the “grave inefficiency, gross incompetence and criminal negligence” allegedly committed by the Department of Health (DOH) in its management of P67.32 billion in funds to...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should consider the House of Representatives’ public hearing as an opportunity to explain the deficiencies highlighted by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health’s (DOH) use of the P67.32-billion COVID-19 response funds. House Deputy...
