Lawmakers on Monday, Jan. 27, scored the Commission on Audit (COA) for seemingly being lenient on the timeline when an agency or a local government unit (LGU) must act on its audit observation memorandum (AOM). Members of the House Committee on Public Accounts expressed...
Senator Robinhood Padilla is pushing for integrity and public trust in the government under the proposed New Auditing Act, which he has sponspored in the Senate. In his sponsorship speech for Senate Bill (SB) No.2907, Padilla said no less than the 1987 Constitution decrees, "Public office is a...
Around P1.272 billion worth of transactions of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) with German firm Dermalog Identification System GMBH could be the subject of a notice of disallowance (ND) from the Commission on Audit (COA) if the transport agency fails to address the deficiencies unearthed. The...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has formally asked the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to verify the civil registry records of 677 more...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) spent P375 million in confidential funds in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) reported. In its 2023 audit report on the OVP, the COA showed that the amount of confidential funds spent in 2023 is more than the P125 million spent in 2022. “Confidential...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that she has not seen the receipts signed by a certain “Mary Grace Piattos” relating to her office’s confidential funds use and is now the subject of a congressional inquiry and social media memes. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Audit found mismanagement in the water district of Dueñas town, Iloilo province. A report said the government-owned Dueñas Water District was found to have irregularity in its fiscal operations – zero enforcement of collecting overdue accounts that nearly...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker's office, Facebook) An alleged questionable use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) linked to Vice President Sara...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) under Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly spent a whopping P16 million in confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) to rent 34 safehouses for...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the municipality of South Ubian in Tawi-Tawi for its failure to insure with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) its property, plant and equipment (PPE) worth P69.9 million. In its audit report, the COA said that South Ubian's failure to insure...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) to utilize fully their Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (DRRMF) to fulfill the purpose for which the fund was created. The reminder was issued by the COA in its 2023 annual audit report on the municipalty of Leon in...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Another member of the House "Young Guns" bloc has noted the alleged "pattern" of fund mismanagement that's traceable to the Office of the Vice...
