The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) against the hiring of job order (JO) personnel -- contractual or casual employees -- without specific policy guidelines that would determine their actual performance during their work duration. In its annual audit...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has commended the third-class municipality of Pikit in North Cotabato for its efforts in improving revenue collections after the economic repercussions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. "Improvement exists on the revenue generation of the local government unit to...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded water districts under the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to keep their distribution losses at 20 percent or below for viable operations. In its annual audit report, COA cited the case of the San Quintin Water District (SQWD) in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cautioned local government units (LGUs) against the use of funds allotted for Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program to other projects aside from alleviating the needs of families in crisis. It said that LGUs should abide strictly by the...
Despite its completion three years ago, the P7.3 million facility of the provincial government of Aurora for the production of coco coir nets has remained non-operational, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual audit report (AAR), the COA said that the subproject, Establishment of...
The Design Center of the Philippines (DCP), an agency under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), spent P1.9 million of the budget allocated for senior citizens and persons with disability (SCPDs) for other plans and programs in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has warned local government units against paying their employees less than the mandated P5,000 net monthly take home pay. COA cited the case of Agusan del Norte's 57 provincial employees whose net take home salaries in 2023 were less than the mandated P5,000. It...
Only three out of the 54 vehicles and motorized equipment owned by Gapan City in Nueva Ecija are registered with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. Also, COA said that on top of non-registration, most of the vehicles and motorized equipment were not...
The province of Northern Samar failed to remit a total of P58 million in taxes and mandatory contributions to agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Pag-IBIG, and PhilHealth in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has blamed Pampanga provincial officials for the loss in 2023 of P9.3 million worth of food products due to "insufficient controls in the safekeeping, custody, and warehousing." In its 2023 annual audit report (AAR), COA disclosed that the province suffered a qualified...
The Commission on Audit (COA) said that the province of Camarines Sur should treat its P160 million Vetiver grass in its plantation project as "biological assets" instead of charging the funds to its agricultural supplies account. Internationally-published articles state, among other things, that...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has found as "unauthorized" and "doubtful" the P42.1 million fees and charges imposed by the Cabanatuan City government in Nueva Ecija to its taxpayers in 2023 for lack of appropriate city ordinances. In its 2023 annual audit report, COA said that Cabanatuan City has...
