Senator Richard Gordon does not want the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to undergo audit because he is "afraid" of having his "offenses" exposed. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Richard Gordon (Photos from Malacañang, MANILA BULLETIN) President Duterte came up with this conclusion as he...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 7, maintained that the Commission on Audit (COA) has jurisdiction to conduct a special audit on the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), which is chaired by Senator Richard Gordon who recently got embroiled in a verbal tussle with President Duterte....
President Duterte's intention to "audit" the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is justified, as far as his spokesman and fellow lawyer Harry Roque is concerned. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) Roque, in a virtual press briefing Monday, Sept. 6, described the Senator...
It seems to Vice President Leni Robredo that President Duterte “lacks focus” on the government’s pandemic response as she urges his administration to pour available resources into COVID-19 programs. Vice President Leni Robredo and President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) “‘Pag...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, September 6, called on the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to immediately collect from Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) the P1.36 billion they owe the government. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) Hontiveros issued the appeal...
San Jose del Monte City Rep. Florida “Rida” Robes on Sunday, Sept. 5 urged President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a bill that would revive the pre-audit system for government expenditures. Commission on Audit Logo3 Robes, chairperson of the House Committee on People’s Participation,...
Amid vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.’s claim that some government agencies are now wary of handling funds for fear of getting flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA), Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, September 5, that complying to state auditors is for transparency and accountability....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has appealed to lawmakers to pursue its investigation into the alleged discrepancies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) utilization of its COVID-19 funds, but without hampering the government’s pandemic response efforts. “Ngayon, nasa public health emergency...
The Commission on Audit’s admission of experiencing difficulty in auditing confidential and intelligence funds disbursements has made it necessary for Congress to pass the bill creating a joint congressional oversight body to examine multi-billion peso allocations for the said program. Malacanang...
Government programs that sought to address the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic ‘contributed greatly to the net increase” of P472.572 billion in the country’s external debt in 2020, the Commission on Audit (COA) has revealed. COVID 19 tests In its 2020 Consolidated Audit Report on...
The hundreds of billions of pesos spent by government for massive procurement of COVID-19 vaccines will not escape the prying eyes of auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) notwithstanding the non-disclosure provisions of contracts that cover the purchases. Audit cartoons COA Chairman Michael...
Commission on Audit Chairman Michael Aguinaldo on Friday, Sept. 3 said the state audit agency does not have any authority to audit the Philippine National Red Cross. Philippine Red Cross Aguinaldo made this statement in response to questions raised by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on the issue which was...
