State-owned printing firm Asian Productivity Organization-Production Unit Inc. (APO) continues to get the raw end of a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with a private printing company in connection with the implementation of government contracts that included the P38-billion printing of electronic...
Having been a victim of internet trolls and fake news since she assumed office, Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, July 18, welcomed Senate Resolution No. 768, which seeks to look into “state-funded trolls farms“ that spread misinformation. Vice President Leni Robredo (Federico Cruz/MANILA...
The modernization program of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been unduly delayed by the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) which has failed to deliver “state-of-the-art” equipment required by the bureau. NBI logo In its 2020 NBI Annual Audit Report that was...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured the public on Thursday, July 15, that the unused multi-million anti-insurgency fund that was allocated for the police organization last year is intact and can still be spent until December this year. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar acknowledged...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed Wednesday, July 14, that it will improve the implementation of its modernization program after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the military over 41 projects worth P6.8 billion that remain unfinished within the contract period. Multiple military...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has red flagged over P600 million worth of procurement transactions made by the Marikina City government in connection with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic emergency last year. 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c The 2020 annual audit report...
The Department of National Defense (DND) clarified Sunday, July 11, that some of the "unauthorized" bank accounts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that were flagged by the Commission on Audit (CA) cannot be closed immediately as these contain the depository accounts of the military's...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) could have done more with their coronavirus response programs if they have access to 375 contractual workers similar to what the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) had in a year, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, July 11. Vice...
Communications Undersecretary Kris Ablan confirmed that the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) had hired 375 contract-of-service (COS) personnel in 2020 but insisted that the agency has no trolls. PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan (ANC Screenshot) Ablan made the statement after the...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has placed a budget ceiling to regulate the spending for contact of service (COS) personnel after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged its hiring of these workers last year. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File...
“Unbelievable!” Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite gave this reaction to the denial of the Presidential Communications Operations Office that none of the 375 contractual employees it hired last year was assigned to a troll farm. Facebook troll PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan aired the denial after...
Thousands of paintings, sculptures and archaeological specimens with a total appraised value of P118.84 million 13 years ago have not been insured by the Intramuros Administration (IA) and are exposed to the “risks of non-indemnification in cases of damage/loss” due to fortuitous events" and...