Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto on Wednesday, Aug. 10, called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to dismantle the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC) for their involvement in anomalous...
A Bicol solon is prodding Vice President and concurrent Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte to look into the agency’s low accomplishment rate in 2021 for its Basic Education Facilities Fund (BEFF), as flagged by the COA (Commission on Audit). Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep....
Former Education Secretary Leonor Briones has spoken up on the alleged overpriced laptop procurement during her term and warned those who are “unjustly” implicating her with anomalies especially online. Former Education Secretary Leonor Briones / DepEd / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN Briones, in...
Teachers expressed dismay over the P2.4 billion purchase of “pricey yet outdated” laptops for the use of teachers under the Department of Education (DepEd) as many of them continue to struggle in buying their personal computers. (Photo from Unsplash) “While our teachers are forced to take...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 5, maintained that questions related to the price of laptops pointed out in the 2021 report of the Commission on Audit (COA) would be best addressed by the procuring entity for the said units. (DepEd / FILE PHOTO) “The Department only received...
The Department of Education (DepEd) maintained that the findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) on alleged deficiencies involving the department are “not yet conclusive.” DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN In a press conference on Thursday, Aug. 4, DepEd Spokesperson Michael Poa addressed the findings...
The Taguig City government exceeded its revenue target in 2021 despite the pandemic but the Commission on Audit (COA) said it could have done better. Based on COA’s annual audit report for Taguig, the city government collected a total of P10.8 billion in revenues in 2021, an increase of P4.41...
The camp of former vice president Leni Robredo clarified on Wednesday, July 20, that the Commission on Audit (COA) has already lifted the Notice of Disallowance on its hiring of a private lawyer a day before she stepped down from office. Former vice president Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “We would...
The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the Office of the Vice President (OVP) after the latter engaged the services of a private lawyer. Seals of COA, OVP In an audit report released on Friday, July 15, the COA said that the OVP hired a private lawyer without the “written conformity and...
The Social Security System (SSS) said on Wednesday, July 13, that it has received an "unmodified" opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) for 2021. (SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM) “In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position...
The University of the Philippines System (UPS) failed to use P61,360,410.20 sourced from the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Commission on...
Nine new government appointees were sworn in by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday. President Marcos FB page Cesar Chavez took his oath as the new undersecretary of the Department of Transportation. Maj. Gen. Delfin Lorenzana, the Defense chief under the previous administration,...
