The Caramoan Resort Project of Camarines Sur province earned P14.66 million in 2023 but it spent P23.89 for operational expenses and, thus, incurred losses of P9.23 million, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2023 annual audit report, COA said that other revenues collected for the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned Camarines Norte provincial officials on the distribution of 52 emergency and rescue vehicles without adopting procedures in the selection and evaluation of the prospective barangay recipients. COA said that Camarines Norte purchased 53 vehicles in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded the administrators of hospitals owned by the provincial government of Camarines Norte to dispose of their medical wastes properly to safeguard people's health and the environment. The reminder, contained in COA's annual audit reports, was issued to...
The provincial government of Albay has failed to properly turn over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) a P54 million building for use as temporary shelter to children in conflict with the law, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its annual audit report, COA said that...
Twelve executives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) were the top highest paid government officials in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said In its 2023 Report on Salaries and Alloances made public last May 2, COA said that BSP Governor Governor Eli M. Semolina Jr. is now the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the province of Masbate over the P131 million "unliquidated cash advances" (CAs) granted to various officials and employees in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report (AAR), COA said the cash advances were composed of three categories -- advances for payroll...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the provincial government of Catanduanes over the P41.26 million paid for abaca suckers which were not delivered by the contracted supplier who simply gave cash to farmer-beneficiaries to source out the planting materials themselves. In its 2023 annual...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed the P78.956 million payment claimed by Adlib International Sales, Inc. (AISI) from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-Procurement Service and the Presidential Security Group (PSG) for the supply and delivery of two mobile X-ray units in 2015....
"Weakness in internal control and lapses in monitoring and recording" brought about the P34.7 million increase in the costs of fuel consumption by the province of Nueva Ecija in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its audit report, COA said that Nueva Ecija spent P100.6 million for...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the provincial government of Aurora over the "misuse" of its Rice Processing Complex (RPC) worth $2.3 million and the uncollected income from its supposed lease to a farmers' cooperative. The RPC was constructed on a $2.3 million grant from the Korean...
The officials and members of the Board of Directors (BODs) of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) disbursed P3.1 million in "irregular and unnecessary" expenses for foreign travels in 2023, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its annual audit report. COA said that the CIAC...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has scored the delay in the construction of the P316.4 million Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower building of the Clark International Airpot (CIA) in Pampanga. In its audit report, COA said that the construction of the ATC buildng was only 60.90 percent complete as of...
