Ex-Solicitor General Jose Calida has officially assumed the chairmanship of the Commission on Audit (COA). Calida was among the recent appointees of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Ex-SolGen. Calida arrives at the COA Main Office. To the left is Jayke Joson, a former aide to Manny...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo is ending her six-year term with a bang after the Office of the Vice President (OVP) received an unqualified opinion, the highest audit rating given to a government agency, for the fourth straight year from the Commission on Audit (COA). Vice President Leni...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) insisted Wednesday, June 22, that it followed regular processes in utilizing its funds for disaster response and Covid-19 pandemic even as the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged them for their low budget utilization rate. Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, Office of...
The Muntinlupa City government ranked third in the National Capital Region (NCR) in the delivery of social services and programs for child and youth welfare. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently released the results of the 2019 Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finished the conduct of the Random Manual Audit for the 2022 polls ahead of schedule. The poll body said the RMA ended on June 19 or 34 days after it commenced on May 11. Comelec/MB "On behalf of the entire Random Manual Audit Committee-including the civil...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has garnered an unmodified opinion, the highest audit rating given by the Commission on Audit (COA) for the "fair presentation" of its financial reports and records. PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva (Photo courtesy of PDEA) PDEA Director General...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has maintained the highest audit mark from the Commission on Audit (COA) for the fourth straight year. In a statement, the SEC said it has received an “unmodified opinion” from the COA, a testament to the Commission’s transparent...
The Commission on Audit (COA), on Wednesday, June 8, flagged the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) for unreliable accounting in the agency’s “Abandoned/ Surrendered Property/Assets,” noting that it had left unreported over 100 items in its inventory which include artworks and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 1 has conducted the 2021 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) performance audit to ensure that the localities in the area are compliant with the plans and schemes set by the government. In a statement, DILG Region 1 noted that the 2021...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government in the province of Quirino has resumed its performance audits on peace, order and drug abuse in all the municipal peace and order (MPOC) and anti-drug abuse councils (MADAC) from 2019 to 2022. DILG Quirino Provincial Director Salvacion Z. Baccay...
Comelec/MB The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that the random manual audit (RMA) of votes has so far recorded a 100 percent match rate with the automated tally. In a press briefing on Saturday, Comelec Commissioner Aimee Ferolino said they already received 406 ballot boxes as of May 13. Of...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Marlon S. Casquejo will ask the Comelec en banc to allow the random manual audit (RMA) of secure digital (SD) cards and vote-counting machines (VCMs). Comelec Commissioner Marlon S. Casquejo (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) This was disclosed by Comelec...
