PROMDI and PDP-Laban (Pimentel wing) presidential candidate Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Feb. 22 advised newly-appointed Chairperson Rizalina Justol of the Commission on Audit (COA) to give her best in safeguarding government funds against dishonest and corrupt officials, saying that her...
President Duterte has appointed Rizalina Justol as the new chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA), Malacañang announced. File photo of newly appointed Commission on Audit (COA) chairperson Rizalina Justol in a ceremony in Malacañang in June 2019. (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary...
Having served government without a blot of administrative wrongdoing in his 26-year career in the Commission on Audit saved a male employee from losing his retirement pay and dismissal despite being found guilty of sexual harassment. Commission on Audit Logo3 In a decision released recently by the...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) topped the list of state-run firms in terms of income for 2020 but both also registered the largest amount of expenditures during the year that the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit the country, the...
Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday urged state prosecutors and other investigating agencies to immediately look into the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on the purported P1.44-trillion worth of infrastructure projects that are delayed, abandoned and/or left idle. “It is...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday criticized the government over the P1.44-trillion worth of infrastructure projects that the Commission on Audit (COA) had earlier flagged. COA has called out 17 government agencies over delayed, abandoned and idle infrastructure projects amounting...
Government business enterprises (GBEs) earned P1.268 trillion in 2020 but spent P1.613 trillion, thus, resulting to a P345.11 billion in losses before tax, 2020 Annual Financial Report released by the Commission on Audit has revealed. Renamed by COA as Commercial Public Sector Entities (CPSE’s),...
The province of Cebu under Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia topped the list of provinces in the country with the highest net assets reaching P208.27 billion while Bulacan headed by Gov. Daniel Fernando registered the highest revenue in 2020 at P5.81 billion. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia Cebu In terms of liabilities,...
The Social Security System (SSS) received an "unmodified" opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) for its financial statement for 2020, the highest audit rating that may be given to government agencies by state auditors. (PNA photo) An "unmodified opinion" means that the auditor was satisfied...
The Commission on Audit has given provincial employees and officials of Surigao del Norte something to cheer about amid the recent devastation of super typhoon “Odette.” Odette Surigao del Norte damage In a recent ruling, the COA-Commission Proper (COA-CP) upheld the appeal of former governor...
The Commission on Audit has upheld the decision of two state-run firms engaged in power management and distribution to spend US$ 2.69 million (approximately P134.5 million) in hiring foreign and local lawyers, together with expert witnesses, for legal representation in the arbitration proceedings...
The Commission on Audit has enjoined government agencies maintaining K-9 units to observe the legal manner of subjecting unserviceable working dogs to euthanasia. Dogs to be euthanized COA recently issued Memorandum Circular No. 2021-011 containing the guidelines on the disposal of unserviceable...