Senator-judge Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday, Aug. 12, questioned the Office of the Vice President’s P16 million confidential fund spending on safe-house rentals in 2022 for 11 days, noting that the amount appeared higher in comparison with daily rental rates in exclusive subdivisions. During the 15th...
Defense counsel for Vice President Sara Duterte pressed a Commission on Audit (COA) witness on Wednesday, August 12, over intelligence and surveillance activities cited by the Office of the Vice President (OVP). During the impeachment trial, defense counsel Kristine Ferrer presented...
Senator-Judge Imee Marcos on Tuesday quizzed Commission on Audit (COA) auditor Roderick Wamil over his interpretation of the COA-Department of Budget and Management Joint Circular on accountability for confidential funds, while also questioning his earlier testimony that Vice President Sara Duterte...
Former Commission on Audit (COA) Intelligence and Confidential Fund Audit Office (ICFAO) State Auditor Atty. Roderick Wamil told the impeachment court on Wednesday that the guidelines governing confidential and intelligence funds do not explicitly allow or prohibit the use of aliases for...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Thursday, July 2, said it received an unmodified opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) for calendar year 2025, marking its fourth consecutive such audit opinion under Vice President Sara Duterte, days before her impeachment trial is scheduled to begin...
The Quezon City government has received its sixth consecutive Unmodified Opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA), reflecting its continued compliance with financial reporting standards and responsible management of public funds. The latest audit result affirmed the city’s continued efforts to...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed the Philippine government’s updated roadmap to overhaul how public funds are planned, spent, and monitored, saying stronger public financial management (PFM) systems are key to improving public services, strengthening resilience, as well as guarding...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied a P1.5-billion money claim filed by a group of insurance firms against the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG Fund over allegedly unremitted fire insurance premiums tied to housing loans. In a 17-page decision dated March 17, 2026, the COA ruled...
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, April 20, that it has yet to receive an official copy of the decision from the Commission on Audit (COA) presented during a recent congressional hearing, preventing it from issuing any formal comment on the matter. In a brief statement, the...
Pro-impeachment congressmen have made a big deal about the Commission on Audit’s (COA) apparent order for Office of the Vice President (OVP) officials to return disallowed confidential funds amounting to nearly ₱73.3 million. But what if Vice President Sara Duterte and the others involved...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Sunday, March 22, clarified that audit figures circulating online refer to accumulated observations over several years—not solely for 2024—while outlining steps taken to resolve the findings. In a statement, CHED said the amounts cited pertain to...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) maintained that the issues raised by the Commission on Audit (COA) regarding supposed deficiencies found in the office’s fiscal management were “primarily administrative in nature” and that there was no wastage of government funds. In a statement on...
