The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted partly the money claim for plane tickets used by former Department of Tourism (DOT) secretary Wanda C Tulfo-Teo and thee other officials in their travels to Argentina and Turkey for the 18th Global Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has affirmed the lifting of the P846 million notices of charge (NCs) which were issued against former Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioners Rozzano B. Biazon and Napoleon L. Morales. The COA ruled that the BOC commissioners are authorized by the Bureau of Internal...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The House Committee on Appropriations is willing to consider the Office of the Ombudsman's suggestion to do away with the publication requirement for Commission on Audit (COA) audit reports. Committee chairman...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the petition for money claim filed by Southern Philippines Power Corporation (SPPC) against the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) for the payment of contractual obligations under the...
Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, September 13, scored Ombudsman Samuel Martires’ proposal for Congress to remove provisions in the annual national budget that require publication of Commission on Audit (COA) reports on government agencies. “Good...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo The Committee on Audit (COA) has committed to carry out a special audit of the Commission on Higher Education's (CHEd) funds, including the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF). This was bared by...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) A ranking House member has rejected Ombudsman Samuel Martires' proposal to not publish the Commission on Audit's (COA) audit observation memoranda (AOM). "I think that the practice of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) over unsettled notices of disallowance (NDs) amounting to P7,857,710,895.05 across all regions in the country as of Dec. 31, 2022, some of which have been unsettled since 2008. In its audit...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Health (DOH) over the P1.93 billion procurement of goods, infrastructure projects, and consultancy services that "deprived the government of the most advantageous prices and resulted in doubtful payment transactions and significant delays...
The Department of Health (DOH) has P7.43 billion worth of drugs and medicines that are already expired, nearly expired, damaged, overstocked or undistributed, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. In its 2022 audit report, COA said its auditors discovered drugs, medicines, and other types of...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed, due to pending Supreme Court (SC) cases, the petition for money claim filed by MTD Philippines, Inc. which sought the payment by the Calamba City government of P755,006,011.34 for the botched construction of the CALABARZON Regional Government Center in...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the petition for review filed by 13 former and incumbent officials of Baguio City against the Notice of Disallowance (ND) on the payment of P60.863 million Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) to city officials and employees in 2014. The petition for...
