Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) will create regional procurement hubs to fast-track the project implementation of the country's 121 electric cooperatives (ECs). According to NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano C. Almeda, the planned regional procurements would be part of...
Commission on Audit Due to poor procurement planning that resulted in the low utilization of funds, the Science and Mathematics Equipment (SME) and Technical Vocational Livelihood (TVL) tools were not given to many public schools in 2022, the Commission on Audit...
Commission on Audit (COA) The Commission on Audit (COA) has rebuked the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for inaction the past 31 years on the Collective Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CCLOA) involving more than 64 hectares of land subjected to land...
Commission on Audit (COA) The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) over the late procurement, and undistributed and damaged toolkits intended for use by its scholars as they pursue their vocations after...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the inclusion in the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of beneficiaries who are not in the data base of Listahanan 2 which identifies who and where the poor are...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Aug. 17 said the issues outlined in the 2022 report of the Commission on Audit (COA) had already been resolved. In response to the questioned purchase of relief goods with a “non-food” trader, DSWD spokesperson Assistant...
Malacañang has justified the increased spending on local and foreign travels of the President, stressing that the country will "immensely" benefit from these trips. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy) Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
Several health care institutions (HCIs) in the country failed to provide P535.6 million discounts to 196,695 senior citizens in 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. As a result, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) shouldered the P113.1 million...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Public Accounts is seeking the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of embattled Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang in connection with its inquiry into allegedly anomalous transactions entered...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang earned the ire of House of Representatives members Wednesday afternoon, July 26 when he skipped the probe on alleged procurement irregularities in his municipality dating back to 2007. Surigao del Sur...
The ongoing performance audit on transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is not a "punitive exercise", rather, it is a process that will allow industry regulators and policymakers to explore ways how service in this segment of the power supply chain could be improved...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has obtained an “unmodified opinion” from the Commission on Audit (COA) for 2022, which means that the police organization has done a good job in preparing all the necessary documents in accordance with the financial accounting framework. In a statement, the...
