Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House quad-committee (quad-comm) intends to have its partial committee report approved by plenary before the Christmas break, its overall chairman Surigao...
The regional office market across the Philippines saw significant improvement in 1H 2024, driven by ongoing development and the completion of numerous buildings. The Visayas office market, in particular, demonstrated strong growth, led by Iloilo’s addition of 105,200 sqm of office space with Cebu...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) After eight marathon hearings, the House quad-committee (quad-comm) is ready to produce a partial committee report on its findings on the alleged extrajudicial...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
