Nearly a decade after the Commission on Audit exposed the pork barrel scam that reportedly defrauded government of more than P10 billion, the audit agency finally affirmed the liability of a former partylist solon in the release of over P10.79 million to a bogus foundation linked to alleged scam...
State auditors demanded transparency in the handling of funds, grants and donations received by the Surigao del Norte provincial government to support programs addressing the effects of the anti- coronavirus-disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the province. The Commission on Audit revealed in its 2020...
Notwithstanding the emergency nature of the release of fundings, over P242 million granted by government to finance Marawi rehabilitation and Bayanihan 2 programs was returned to the national treasury due to failure of the National Meat Inspection Service to implement listed projects. Making...
The Commission on Audit has commended the Veterans Memorial Medical Center for being “relentless in its efforts” in the country’s fight against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The VMMC is among the few government instrumentalities and agencies that received commendation from...
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal clarified Thursday, June 3, that they are looking for ways to help embattled airport staff deal with the order for them to return the hazard pay that they received in 2020. MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal (Photo from PNA)...
Over P200 million worth of donated medicines, hospital supplies and equipment, including face masks, face shields and personal protective equipment (PPE)received by the Lung Center of the Philippines to improve its bid to address the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have been wasted or...
Senator Grace Poe has asked the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to expedite its payment to public and private hospitals and avoid unnecessary and delaying procedures that affect the operations of healthcare institutions. Senator Grace Poe (Office of Sen. Grace Poe/MANILA...
At least 80 informal settler families who were relocated to a housing project in San Jose Del Monte are in danger of eviction for being unable to pay rental fees that have ballooned to P134,768,297. This was gathered in the 2020 annual audit report of the North Luzon Railways Corporation...
A total 127 doctors rendering consultancy service at National Kidney Transplant Institute owe the state-run specialty hospital various amounts in rental payments for clinic spaces they are occupying. The Commission on Audit said nearly P20 million in rental cost and electricity and water bills have...
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez was the highest paid member of the Duterte Cabinet last year, earning a total P4,943,153,.68 in 2020 or P301,389.76 more than what he took home a year before. Despite topping the Cabinet list, Dominguez still ranked 146th among the top earners in government led by...
The Department of Energy and state-run Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) have collaboratively called for greater inflow of investments in the country’s upstream petroleum sector if the Philippines would really have to cement its energy security pathway....
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the Davao City government’s assets amounting to more than P9.48 billion or 40 percent of its total assets recorded as of Dec. 31, 2020 as well as its millions of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) disbursements last year. COA (Manila Bulletin File Photo)...
