Quezon City, with assets of P443.4 billion in 2022, is still the richest city in the Philippines. Cebu province is the wealthiest with assets of P235.7 billion, while Carmona (which became a city in July 2023) in Cavite was the richest municipality in 2022 with assets of P6.5 billion. Makati City...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has recommended that sanctions, like suspension of salaries, be imposed on erring officials of the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) for delay or non-submission of financial statements for three consecutive years. "The DICT did not submit the year-end...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has raised an alarm over the series of deaths of government-owned buffalos that are loaned out to farmer organizations for their dairy production. It then asked the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) to conduct a probe. While...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the more than P2 million money claim of a construction company against the municipality of Maco in Davao de Oro for the delivery and installation of an outdoor LED (light emitting diodes) electronic billboard in 2019. However, COA denied the claim of CTEC...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the appeal of D.C. Sandil Construction and Realty Development, Inc. (DCSCRDI) to exclude the firm from liability in the P5.14 million notices of disallowance (NDs) in the rehabilitation of the San Rafael-New Busuanga Section and Patache-Macalachao Road in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed, without prejudice to refilling, the P318,500 money claim of Astoria Hotels and Resorts against the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for food served and accommodations rendered in 2019. In dismissing the claim, COA said that the person who filed the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the money claim of a security services company for P7.91 million against the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for services rendered from Jan. 23 to July 16, 2020. Granted was the claim filed by 168 Security, Inc. However, instead of P7,935,324.42,...
Former senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said that there is no such thing as "legalized corruption" in Congress via a concurrent resolution. Lacson made the statement following a social media post, which claimed that he paved the way for legalized corruption through Concurrent Resolution No. 10....
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Screenshot from Zoom) The House of Representatives knows that it is not "exempted" when comes to auditing by the Commission on Audit (COA). This was underscored by House Majority Leader...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Eulogio Amang Rodriquez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) to pay Mars Laboratory Instruments Center (MLIC) P3.5 million, the amount still due to the firm for the 4-in-1 Multimedia Language Laboratory System installed in 2014. In a four-page...
The local government of Davao City "inappropriately charged" P6.4 million against the 20 percent Development Fund (DF) for 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its compliance audit report. The DF "is a required allocation of the LGUs (local government units) out of their respective annual...
