Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon sees a "continuing pattern" of alleged misuse when it comes to confidential funds earmarked for the Office of the Vice President (OVP), particularly under impeachment respondent, Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after Ridon cited on Monday, April 20 a new...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, April 20, that it has yet to receive an official copy of the decision from the Commission on Audit (COA) presented during a recent congressional hearing, preventing it from issuing any formal comment on the matter. In a brief statement, the...
Pro-impeachment congressmen have made a big deal about the Commission on Audit’s (COA) apparent order for Office of the Vice President (OVP) officials to return disallowed confidential funds amounting to nearly ₱73.3 million. But what if Vice President Sara Duterte and the others involved...
There 's nothing political about the Commission on Audit’s (COA) decision to uphold its disallowance of P73 million worth confidential funds that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) spent in December 2022, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said. “If this [was] political, it would...
Vice President Sara Duterte is once again facing intensified scrutiny after the Commission on Audit (COA) upheld the disallowance of P73.28 million in confidential funds, with Malacañang reiterating its firm stance on accountability and transparency. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO),...
The Commission on Audit (COA) says the Office of the Vice President (OVP) must return the disallowed P73.28 million worth of confidential funds that it spent in December 2022. This was learned by the House Committee on Justice Tuesday night, April 14 during its hearing for the determination of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed the disallowance on the use by Puerto Princesa City of P10 million for the liquidation of cash advances for the Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan (MIMAROPA) Regional Athletic Association Meet (MRAAM) and Palarong Pambansa in 2008. In its notice of...
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) vowed to implement corrective measures after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the computation on incentivized balanced housing for private developers since 2018. Under the law, developers of subdivision and condominium projects...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC) in Tacloban City to pay P1.12 million to Endure Medical, Inc. (EMI) for purchases of drugs, medicines, and intravenous fluids from 2014 to 2016. In its petition for money claim, EMI sought the payment of P1.35...
“Gutom ka ba sa good governance? Heto, matuto sa Pasig! (Do you want good governance? Learn from Pasig)." This was stated by former Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Heidi Mendoza following the inauguration of new electric minibuses worth P19,948,000 by the Pasig local government,...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Sunday, March 22, clarified that audit figures circulating online refer to accumulated observations over several years—not solely for 2024—while outlining steps taken to resolve the findings. In a statement, CHED said the amounts cited pertain to...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday, Jan. 30, rejected claims on social media that portrayed findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) as alleged proof of corruption within the organization. Colonel Xerxes Trinidad, chief of AFP public affairs office, said certain social media users...
