The Office of the Vice President (OVP) maintained that the issues raised by the Commission on Audit (COA) regarding supposed deficiencies found in the office’s fiscal management were “primarily administrative in nature” and that there was no wastage of government funds. In a statement on...
Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro criticized the office of Vice President Sara Duterte after it was flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for “deficiencies in documentation” on the distributed welfare goods worth P110.1 million in 2024. The COA report,...
Malacañang said the Office of the President (OP) has already sent demand letters to collect the outstanding bills from agencies as early as April and May. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the over P14 million...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday, October 14 called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to investigate the alleged involvement of some of its resident auditors in the multi-billion peso anomalous flood control projects. During the Senate’s hearing into the proposed budget of COA...
The Commission on Audit (COA) will soon require all its employees to file detailed conflict-of-interest declarations, part of a series of reforms following anomalies uncovered in the country 's flood control and infrastructure projects. COA Chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba said this on Monday,...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Friday, September 26 said it is possible that Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Mario Lipana may face an impeachment trial as a means to exact accountability over his involvement in the anomalies in flood control projects. Pangilinan pointed this out as he...
Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Mario Lipana may have committed an impeachable offense if its true that he facilitated some P1.4-billion worth of budget insertions for flood control projects, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Wednesday, September 24. Pangilinan made the remark...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Tuesday, Sept. 9, confirmed that another project engineer will be dismissed for alleged involvement in three defective flood control projects in Bulacan worth a combined ₱247 million. Dizon said the Commission on Audit (COA)...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said he will endorse criminal charges this week against contractors and agency insiders linked to ghost and substandard flood control projects. Dizon said the first batch of cases against contractors will be submitted on Monday...
Rasol Mitmug, chairman of the Bangsamoro Parliament Blue Ribbon Committee, has urged Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education chief Mohagher Iqbal to take an indefinite leave of absence as the Commission on Audit started investigating the P2.2-billion fund controversy, particularly the...
DAVAO CITY – An official of the Ministry on Basic Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) has branded the Commission on Audit (COA) move to investigate alleged anomalies in the agency as political sabotage. Abdullah Salik Jr., MBHTE director general for basic education, believes that the recent...
Amid ongoing efforts to digitalize education and the investigation into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) controversial laptop procurement deal, a teachers’ group has renewed its call for the government to provide all public school teachers with free, high-quality laptops—emphasizing that...
