The Commission on Audit (COA) has started conducting a special audit on the controversial contracts entered into by the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Commission on Audit COA chairman Michael Aguinaldo confirmed this...
The Supreme Court did not escape eagle-eyed auditors of the Commission on Audit as they flagged slow utilization of available funds made available by government for the HIgh Court's operations last year. Supreme Court logo COA released Monday, Sept. 27 the 2020 Annual Audit Report of the HIgh...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the “root cause” of its billions of unobligated funds last year was the COVID-19 pandemic, following the request of the private sector for the Agriculture Secretary William Dar to explain the findings of Commission on Audit (COA) on the agency’s...
President Duterte has criticized Senator Richard Gordon for his apparent penchant for decorating ambulances of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) with images of his face. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Actually it's a cheap...
President Duterte asked Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo if he had ever taken any measures at all to hold Senator Richard Gordon accountable for his disallowances amounting to at least P86 million. Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo and President Duterte (File...
President Duterte warned Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo that failure on his part to lead an audit of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) would constitute a violation not only the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, but of the Constitution itself. President Rodrigo Duterte (left)...
President Duterte insisted that he is not attacking the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) but is only demanding transparency from the organization as he insisted on having it audited by the Commission on Audit (COA). President Rodrigo Duterte and Philippine Red Cross chairman Senator Richard Gordon (FILE...
An infrastructure-oriented thinktank filed before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) a freedom of information request seeking the disclosure of DITO Telecommunity’s second technical audit due to alleged discrepancies in the results of the technical audit and its customers’ actual...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 20 urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a “fraud audit” on all the contracts entered into by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
The local government of Marikina City has been granted authority to conduct negotiated sale of real estate at the upscale Loyola Grand Villas, four years after offering the lots at bargain prices in 2017. Mayor Marcelino Teodoro Mayor Marcelino R. Teodoro sought permission of the Commission on...
The Department of Health (DOH) played a major role in the procurement by government of allegedly overpriced face masks and face shields at the height of the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. DOH logo virus background Former Commission on Audit Chairperson Grace Pulido Tan pointed...
The Commission on Audit may still conduct a fraud audit of the reported overpricing of billions of pesos worth of face masks and face shields if sought by citizens or requested by any agency. 4C066E0A-F172-4FC2-A79E-EBEC6BE79E53_4_5005_c Former Commission on Audit Chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan aired...
