A former senator allegedly pocketed P112,928.30 in rental deposit refund that was entrusted to him in 1998, the Commission on Audit (COA) has revealed. In the 2020 Annual Audit Report (AAR) for the Senate, COA asked Senate’s Deputy Secretary for Administration and Financial Services to explain...
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...
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...
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 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 Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has placed a budget ceiling to regulate the spending for contact of service (COS) personnel after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged its hiring of these workers last year. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File...
“Unbelievable!” Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite gave this reaction to the denial of the Presidential Communications Operations Office that none of the 375 contractual employees it hired last year was assigned to a troll farm. Facebook troll PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan aired the denial after...
Thousands of paintings, sculptures and archaeological specimens with a total appraised value of P118.84 million 13 years ago have not been insured by the Intramuros Administration (IA) and are exposed to the “risks of non-indemnification in cases of damage/loss” due to fortuitous events" and...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recommended the imposition of sanctions against the University of the Philippines System (UPS), the Mindanao State University (MSU) and four other state universities and colleges (SUCs) for continued failure to liquidate over P607 million in funds granted under...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the Philippine Atmospheric , Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) to explain why they should not be held accountable for authorizing the payment of retirement benefits of 86 officials and employees who have pending liabilities to the agency....
While Taal Volcano is acting anew following a short-lived phreatomagmatic eruption that triggered massive evacuation from nearby localities, the Commission on Audit aired serious doubts that displaced residents of a similar explosion last year had received the donations the Food Terminal, Inc. said...
