Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, December 5 said she expects the Commission on Audit (COA) to finish its special audit on the government’s COVID-19 spending by June next year. Hontiveros said she sees no reason for the state auditing agency to further delay auditing the Department of Health...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is ready to open its own probe into the reported wastage of 44 million doses of COVID-19 shots and to look into the documents pertaining to the purchase of these vaccines, Senator Francis Tolentino said on Sunday, December 4. Tolentino said also said he supports the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said the Commission on Audit (COA) should exercise its mandate and audit the public funds used for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. Go made the call in light of issues on vaccine wastage, saying COA should conduct a thorough audit and compel agencies involved...
The Department of Health (DOH) ensured on Friday, Dec. 2 that it will support and cooperate with the special audit of loans for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines. Covid-19 vaccines (MANILA BULLETIN) This was in relation to some documents that have not been provided by the agency during the time of...
The controversial shutdown of the giant ABS-CBN network was revived today, Wednesday, November 23 during a public hearing by the Commission on Appointments on the proposed confirmation of the appointment of Gamaliel Asis Cordoba as Commission on Audit (COA) chairman. Cordoba was the National...
Former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon on Friday, November 11, said closer scrutiny of the Marcos administration’s P9.3-billion intelligence and confidential funds (CIFs) is called for. Drilon, a former Justice secretary, emphasized that the continued use of the CIFs undermines transparency,...
The Taguig City government exceeded its revenue target in 2021 despite the pandemic but the Commission on Audit (COA) said it could have done better. Based on COA’s annual audit report for Taguig, the city government collected a total of P10.8 billion in revenues in 2021, an increase of P4.41...
The Social Security System (SSS) said on Wednesday, July 13, that it has received an "unmodified" opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) for 2021. (SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM) “In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position...
The Department of Local and Interior Government (DILG) left P577,053,225.99 or 14.29 percent worth of Covid-19 response funds unused out of a total allotment of P4,037,866,230.53, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. The COA and DILG seals, respectively In an annual audit released by the state...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has maintained the highest audit mark from the Commission on Audit (COA) for the fourth straight year. In a statement, the SEC said it has received an “unmodified opinion” from the COA, a testament to the Commission’s transparent...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday welcomed the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena’s liquidation issues saying the agency’s finding has finally put a closure to the valuable athlete’s problems. In a letter sent by COA to the Philippine Sports Commission...
PROMDI and PDP-Laban (Pimentel wing) presidential candidate Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Feb. 22 advised newly-appointed Chairperson Rizalina Justol of the Commission on Audit (COA) to give her best in safeguarding government funds against dishonest and corrupt officials, saying that her...
