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...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Due process must be followed before any government official can be suspended from his position, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Thursday, Aug. 19. “Kung sususpendihan ka, may proseso iyan. May imbestigasyon,...
A senior administration lawmaker on Thursday, August 19 proposed the reactivation of the pre-audit system of examining disbursements of public funds to address controversies triggered by adverse audit findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) on government agencies. Rep. Rida Robes San Jose del...
"Hinay-hinay po sana (Let's calm down)." This was Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque's appeal to the public amid the publication of the preliminary reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the spending of different agencies, saying these were initial observations that can still be answered by...
Malacañang extended its condolences and offered assistance to the family of state auditor Jake Cimafranca who died of a heart attack early this month. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after former...
Is "politics" behind the supposed unmerited attacks against the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in connection with findings made by the Commission on Audit (COA) in its 2020 audit report? DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III speaks during the Aug. 19, 2021 virtual press briefing while under...
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,...
Caritas Philippines has called on Filipinos to rally behind the Commission on Audit (COA) which bared several deficiencies in the financial management of different government agencies. Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo of Kidapawan, National director of Caritas Philippines. (CBCP/ MANILA BULLETIN) "We...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday pressed Lloyd Christopher Lao, a former aide of Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, to explain to the Senate the circumstances behind the Department of Health’s (DOH) transfer of P42.4-billion budget to the Department of Budget and Management’s...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday, August 19, all major police units to coordinate closely with their respective resident auditors and immediately act on the observations and recommendations of the Commission on Audit (COA) to ensure...
If they don’t win the national elections next year, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, August 19, swore that President Duterte and his “Davao group” will go “straight to prison.” Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, the...
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar felt the heat of social media bashing after he was perceived to have defended Health Secretary Francisco Duque III over the P67 billion fund that was flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA). During the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum,...
