Tax payment deliquency has cost San Juan City over P233 million in uncollected real estate taxes thus depriving the city government much needed funds to finance its various programs, projects and activities. The Commission on Audit (COA) also lamented that the city has incurred foregone realty tax...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called on state-owned Cagayan Economic Zone Authority to immediately collect over P148 million in lease and other financial obligations owed by Cagayan Freeport business locators and gaming licensees, including the on-line and land-based gaming operator First...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified that all commodities flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for lack of import permits were released after the correct duties and taxes, including excises, were properly collected. (Photo from BOC Port of NAIA Facebook page) In a statement Monday, July 19,...
The receivables of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) from a subsidiary-company of San Miguel Corporation for the capacity payments of the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power plant had been pared to P21.871 billion, as stipulated in the company’s 2020...
Accountants are crucial in the fight against corruption in government, according to President Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte, chairman of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), delivers a speech during the national assembly of the PDP-Laban in Clark, Pampanga on July 17,...
State-owned printing firm Asian Productivity Organization-Production Unit Inc. (APO) continues to get the raw end of a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with a private printing company in connection with the implementation of government contracts that included the P38-billion printing of electronic...
Having been a victim of internet trolls and fake news since she assumed office, Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, July 18, welcomed Senate Resolution No. 768, which seeks to look into “state-funded trolls farms“ that spread misinformation. Vice President Leni Robredo (Federico Cruz/MANILA...
The modernization program of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been unduly delayed by the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) which has failed to deliver “state-of-the-art” equipment required by the bureau. NBI logo In its 2020 NBI Annual Audit Report that was...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured the public on Thursday, July 15, that the unused multi-million anti-insurgency fund that was allocated for the police organization last year is intact and can still be spent until December this year. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar acknowledged...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed Wednesday, July 14, that it will improve the implementation of its modernization program after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the military over 41 projects worth P6.8 billion that remain unfinished within the contract period. Multiple military...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has red flagged over P600 million worth of procurement transactions made by the Marikina City government in connection with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic emergency last year. 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c The 2020 annual audit report...
The Department of National Defense (DND) clarified Sunday, July 11, that some of the "unauthorized" bank accounts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that were flagged by the Commission on Audit (CA) cannot be closed immediately as these contain the depository accounts of the military's...
