President Duterte has guaranteed Filipinos that their money is being spent correctly by the government, even telling the people that they can "kill him" if he was lying. President Rodrigo Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) The President made the statement amid the...
President Duterte's tirades against the Commission on Audit (COA) seemed to be far from over after he volunteered to audit the agency if he wins as vice president in the 2022 elections. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement after the Commission on Audit (COA) cited in...
The Lower House's deliberations on the 2022 national budget won’t be delayed by the adverse findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) against various government agencies, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations assured on Wednesday, August 25. Committee Chairman and ACT-CIS...
Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, August 25, slammed President Duterte for bringing up past Commission on Audit (COA) findings during the Aquino administration, saying it is just “plain rich in irony and hypocrisy.” Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima was referring to Duterte’s...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to go on a "hiring binge" so it could further fulfill its constitutional mandate of checking government expenditures. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) The COA has 14,102 authorized staff positions...
President Duterte has linked two former Cabinet members of the previous Aquino administration to Commission on Audit (COA)-themed irregularities. President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo from PCOO Facebook) In his "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Tuesday night, Aug. 24, Duterte identified...
President Duterte gave his most impassioned defense of Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III yet, saying he would "stand by him" even if the entire country goes against his decision to support his embattled Cabinet member. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his "Talk to the...
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT), has started facilitating the distribution of promotional materials which had accumulated since 2015. Tourism Promotions Board Philippines This, after the Commission on Audit (COA) called out the TPB for...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has the sole discretion to configure its audit reports and no entity should tell how it should exercise its mandate, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, August 23. Hontiveros said she takes exception to President Duterte telling the COA to “reconfigure” its...
Unlike the 28 business and professional organizations that threw their full support to the Commission on Audit (COA) and calling to uphold the independence of the auditing body amid President Duterte’s quick defense of his officials' integrity even lambasting the audit agency, the Philippine...
President Rodrigo Duterte is practically corrupting the Commission on Audit (COA) when he told them to reconfigure its audit reports on government agencies by stating there is no corruption from the onset of its commentary, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Monday, August 23. Senator Leila...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
