More adverse audit observations were revealed by the Commission on Audit in the handling of the Department of Health of billions of pesos in government funds and in the implementation of its projects even as audit disallowances and suspensions of various transactions have reached over P8.8 billion...
Malacañang left it to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if it deemed it necessary to extend the voter registration period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. (JANSEN ROMERO / MB FILE PHOTO) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Senator Francis Pangilinan urged...
There will be "no sacred cow" if a government agency or official is found liable for any misuse of public funds, Malacañang declared Thursday after the Department of Health (DOH) came under fire over alleged mismanagement of pandemic-related funds. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a...
Passers of the Social Workers Licensure Examinations will have their online oathtaking on August 18, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said Wednesday, August 11. PRC/MB The Commission said the online oathtaking at 9 a.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Legazpi through Microsoft Teams. The PRC...
On International Youth Day, Aug. 12, the National Youth Commission (NYC) stressed the youth's role in protecting human life and planetary health for the generations to come. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook video message, NYC Chairperson Ryan Enriquez urged the youth to focus their attention on...
The Commission on Audit has called the attention of the Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez on the 1,526 sacks of rice worth P3.337 million that could not be accounted for in the rice distribution program for households affected by the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) last year. Mayor Richard...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should direct its distribution utilities (DUs) to suspend all disconnection activities within its franchise area that are placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified ECQ, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday. Gatchalian, chair of the...
If the late Rafael “Paeng” M. Salas were still alive today, he would have celebrated his 93rd birthday anniversary last Saturday, as he was born on August 7, 1928 in Bago, Negros Occidental to Dr. Ernesto Salas and Isabel Montinola. He would have had a blast with his wife, the former Carmen...
Audit deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) management of some P67.32 billion in COVID-19 funds have been found by the Commission on Audit (COA) as it warned that such quesitonable handling of funds has triggered doubts into the regularity and propriety of transactions made. DEPARTMENT...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that it is currently addressing the “deficiencies” reported by the Commission on Audit (COA) regarding its handling of funds worth P67.3 billion for the country’s response against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “The flagged issues are...
The Career Service Examination for Foreign Service Officer (CSE-FSO) has been rescheduled on Sept. 12, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Wednesday, Aug. 11. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The CSE-FSO was originally set on Aug. 22. In an advisory posted on Facebook on Wednesday, the CSC...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the Department of Tourism (DOT) to pursue administrative and other legal action against accountable officers, including tourism attaches assigned abroad, for their continued failure to settle or liquidate some P333.84 million cash advances granted them. DOT...
