Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members have highlighted the alleged misuse of P375 million worth of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) on the part of the Office of the Vice President...
The failure of the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan to deposit P2.142 million in its local treasury as of Dec. 31, 2023 deprived the local government unit of the immediate use of funds for its priority programs and projects. Worse, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its 2023 annual report that...
Lawmakers at the House of Representatives have a “plan” in place to attack her during the deliberations for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget, Vice President Sara Duterte claimed. Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP photo) In the third part of a...
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe, Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe says that Vice President Sara Duterte may be liable for...
Local government units (LGUs) should charge and collect liquidated damages from suppliers for delays in the deliveries of their purchases, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. It cited the case of Lemery town in Batangas which failed to collect liquidated damages for late deliveries of drugs,...
The number of teaching, teaching-related and non-teaching personnel in the country's public schools dwindled by 38,463 from 1,016,066 in 2022 to 977,603 in 2023. Despite the reduced number of teaching personnel, the Commission on Audit (COA) said its state auditors recorded an increase in the total...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) over its unsettled P12.297 billion notices of disallowances and suspensions, and the "substantial accumulated unliquidated" cash advances of P6.959 billion in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report, the COA blamed...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Education (DepEd) over lapses in its P5.69 billion School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) in 2023, with reports of delays and non-delivery of nutritious food products (NFPs) and pasteurized milk in several regions. Worse,...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) "Suppression of public information" was what Vice President Sara Duterte sought to do when she tried--but failed--to prevent the Commission on Audit (COA) from submitting to Congress an audit...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cautioned local government units (LGUs) against "unnecessary" expenditures for repairs of vehicles that are "beyond economic repair." The COA said: "The amount paid for the repair of the vehicle could be put into waste, as it can be expected that the vehicle, which...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged Vice President Sara Duterte's usage of ₱73.28 million out of the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) ₱125 million confidential funds, which...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has required the City of Cabadbaran in Agusan del Norte to return to the national treasury the P20.7 million balance out of the P55 million the city received from Local Government Support Fund for Covid-19 Financial Assistance (LGSF). In its 2023 audit report, the COA...
