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...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Friday, July 4, that the city has received the Commission on Audit 's (COA) unmodified opinion for the year 2024, in recognition of the city government 's strict efforts in ensuring transparency and fairness in all its financial statements...
The City of Makati once again received the Commission on Audit 's (COA) unmodified opinion for its 2024 financial statements for the eighth straight year, Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Monday, June 23. The city government earned its very first unmodified audit opinion in 2017....
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced on Wednesday, June 4, that the city has collected P14.24 billion of revenue as of the month of April, equivalent to 82 percent of its revenue goal for the year. Binay said including external sources, Makati 's total collection has already reached P15...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed with finality the P64.9 million refund to be paid by the Philippine Army (PA) to JROG Marketing for the excessive charge of liquidated damages imposed on the delay in the delivery of equipment. It denied the motion for reconsideration filed by the PA which...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied for lack of jurisdiction and merit the P2.1 million money claim of Pitney Bowes Software Pte. Ltd. against the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). On July 4, 2012, the DPWH entered into a contract agreement with Pitney Bowes for the provision of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed its notice of disallowance (ND) on the P4 million paid by the province of Iloilo for "excessive" electricity consumption from December 2009 to April 2010. However, the COA granted the petitions of two provincial officials to exdlude them from liability in...
Twenty former employees of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) or Veterans Golf Club (VGC) have been ordered paid by the Commission on Audit (COA) a total of P3.69 million for their accumulated vacation and sick leaves from 2004 to 2011. While 48 members of VMMC/VGC filed their petitions...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed Oroquieta City in Misamis Occidental to pay Limar's Medical Supplies Trading P245,917.50 for the medicines and vaccines the city government purchased in 2020. Limar's Trading, through its proprietor John-jay S. Ramil, filed a petition for money claim...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) to pay Filmetrics Corporation P47.2 million for the delivery and set up of the Biometric Data Service Facility (BDSF) in 2010. Filmetrics filed a petition for money claim against PhilPost due to the reported...
