Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a measure urging the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit of the government’s spending for its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response under the two laws Congress passed to combat the negative impact of the pandemic. In filing Senate Resolution...
The Philippine Heart Center’s (PHC) claims filed in 2020 totaling P71.17 million have been denied by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) due to government hospital’s purported failure to comply with the provisions of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of...
The Commission on Audit has affirmed the accountability of 18 Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials after making false travel expense claims valued up to P8.265 million in 2008 and 2009. (COA / MANILA BULLETIN) The COA en banc affirmed the 2014 decision of its National Goverment...
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) canceled its P921 million contract with Chinese firm CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co., Ltd. for the acquisition of new trains after the Commission on Audit (COA) questioned its procurement and plans to conduct a re-bidding. "The PNR Board decided to cancel the...
Former employees of state-run National Power Corporation (NPC) who were retrenched due to its privatization roughly two decades ago will finally get their back wages, as underpinned by a Supreme Court ruling on the Drivers and Mechanics Association (DAMA) case; that was also subsequently affirmed...
Government agencies and local government units (LGUs) will now honor the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT)’s digital and electronic signatures for permits and licenses. Last week, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and Commission on Audit (CoA) confirmed the Philippine...
The government through its auditing agency is set to improve its systems to regulate coronavirus-related expenses. Commission on Audit disclosed its plan last week to team up with members of civil society organizations to comply with the procurement regulations mandated under the Bayanihan Act....
Uy-led UC Malampaya Philippines Pte. Ltd. is seeking resolution of the P27.3-billion dispute on capacity payments for the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan gas-fired power project; and it formally lodged this concern in a Senate hearing as one of the major issues that the company wants to be accorded with...
In the aftermath of Typhoon Ulysses, which submerged many areas in the metropolis, concerns were now raised about the forthcoming construction of the P12-billion Kaliwa Dam, which is feared to worsen the flooding in Rizal province and Metro Manila. Photo credit:...
