Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Deputy Administrator Mocha Uson has no involvement in the alleged questionable expenses of the agency amounting to P1.2 million during the initial imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) last year. (Photo from OWWA Facebook page) Thus,...
Former Commission on Audit (COA) commissioner and 1Sambayan senior convenor Heidi Mendoza on Wednesday, August 18, said that the pandemic cannot be used as an excuse to “relax internal controls and audit” because it will lead to corruption. Former COA commissioner and 1Sambayan convenor Heidi...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, August 18, linked Christopher Lao, former aide of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go assigned in Malacañang, to the questionable purchase and selling of high-priced personal protective equipment (PPE) by the budget department’s procurement service...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) Amid a backdrop of dropouts, academic burnout, and other learning difficulties amidst the pandemic, high school students called out the Department of Education (DepEd) for its “poor” handling of its budget. The National Union of Students of the Philippines -...
In near tears during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, August 16, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III accused the Commission on Audit of destroying the good image of the Department of Health with the latter’s release of an audit report detailing serious adverse findings in the disbursement by...
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused President Duterte of twisting the story on the Commission on Audit (COA), which recently flagged the Department of Health (DOH) for “deficiencies” in the use of some P67.3 billion of COVID-19 funds. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN...
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...
The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) said Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III should heed the growing clamor for his resignation saying the Filipino people deserve better. NCCP In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 17, the NCCP said such call is "just and called...
President Duterte issued no threats against the Commission on Audit (COA) after it released an audit report on how the Department of Health (DOH) managed its funds for the pandemic response, Malacañang said Tuesday. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on August...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Aug. 17, maintained that the deficiencies pointed out by the Commission on Audit (COA) were mainly brought about by the impact of the lockdowns imposed nationwide due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country. Radio-based...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Tuesday defended the Commission on Audit (COA) after President Duterte told his Cabinet to ignore the state auditors’ report after flagging the deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of the P67-billion worth of COVID-19...
Senior members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 16 slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks against the Commission on Audit, saying that subverting the agency’s independence is a clear violation of the Constitution. 4C066E0A-F172-4FC2-A79E-EBEC6BE79E53_4_5005_c In separate...
