The Social Security System (SSS) has returned to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) P5.7 billion unutilized fund for the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) Program of the Department of Finance (DOF) to help small business employers and employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its Peformance Audit...
Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano says he is standing by the leadership of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, which the Commission on Audit (COA)...
The Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) are the top three government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) which netted the highest income in 2022. Based on the Annual Financial Report (AFR) on...
House Secretary General Reginald Velasco (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN, Malacañang photo) House Secretary General Reginald Velasco trumpeted on Wednesday, Oct. 11 the spotless Statement of Audit Suspensions, Disallowances, and...
The national government spent P3.67 billion and P5.66 billion in confidential and intelligence funds, respectively, in 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) disclosed in its Annual Financial Report (AFR) on national government agencies. The government's use of confidential and intelligence funds...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Oct. 5 assured that concerns about the cleanliness and organization of relief goods in its regional warehouse in Metro Manila would be addressed. This came after the Commission on Audit (COA) observed that the warehouse managed by...
Due to lack of information, only 17 individuals out of the 9,245 reported cases of serious adverse effects (SAE) from Covid-19 vaccines were able to file their claims with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the Commission on Audit (COA) revealed. In its audit of the...
The government has more than P37.1 million worth of relief goods which have remained undistributed and exposed to loss, wastage or misappropriation, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2022 audit on the Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM), COA said that storage and timely distribution...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, Oct. 2 that there should be clear rules and limitations in the use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), whether it's at the local government or national government level. According to her, the 1987 Constitution empowers local government units...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed its 2020 decision which held liable former Manila mayor Jose L. Atienza Jr. and former city legal officer Melchor R. Monsod in the notice of disallowance (ND) for P34.7 million payment for a property bought by the city government in 2001. It dismissed the...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Davao de Oro 1st district Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora says the Office of the Vice President (OVP) welcomes the audit observation memo (AOM) from the Commission on Audit (COA). During the House plenary debate on the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....