A retired labor attache’s neglect to demand payment for differentials in payment of allowances during his stint abroad has cost him nearly P2-million in money claims from government. 4C066E0A-F172-4FC2-A79E-EBEC6BE79E53_4_5005_c In a recent decision, the Commission on Audit-Commission Proper...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cleared former Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn of liability for allegedly violating 13 years ago the strict requirements of publication of projects up for public bidding in connection with two city government infrastructure contracts involving some P44...
The chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts lauded on Thursday, Oct. 7 the decision of the Commission on Audit to suspend action on complaints against 2022 election candidates that may require the creation of fraud or special audit teams. 905CB334-6AE9-4BDC-A191-62BD3755A77A Probinsyano...
The Commission on Audit has suspended the creation of teams that will be tasked to conduct fraud and special audit based on complaints or petitions against all politicians who have filed their respective certificate of candidacy for the May 9, 2022 elections....
Leonor Briones, secretary of the Department of Education, has been chosen as Lifetime Contributor Awardee by the Board of Judges of Asia CEO Awards 2021. “Education must continue,” are the words that the education secretary is recently most known by. While education in many countries ground...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has started conducting a special audit on the controversial contracts entered into by the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Commission on Audit COA chairman Michael Aguinaldo confirmed this...
The Supreme Court did not escape eagle-eyed auditors of the Commission on Audit as they flagged slow utilization of available funds made available by government for the HIgh Court's operations last year. Supreme Court logo COA released Monday, Sept. 27 the 2020 Annual Audit Report of the HIgh...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the “root cause” of its billions of unobligated funds last year was the COVID-19 pandemic, following the request of the private sector for the Agriculture Secretary William Dar to explain the findings of Commission on Audit (COA) on the agency’s...
President Duterte asked Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo if he had ever taken any measures at all to hold Senator Richard Gordon accountable for his disallowances amounting to at least P86 million. Commission on Audit (COA) Chairman Michael Aguinaldo and President Duterte (File...
The local government of Marikina City has been granted authority to conduct negotiated sale of real estate at the upscale Loyola Grand Villas, four years after offering the lots at bargain prices in 2017. Mayor Marcelino Teodoro Mayor Marcelino R. Teodoro sought permission of the Commission on...
The Department of Health (DOH) played a major role in the procurement by government of allegedly overpriced face masks and face shields at the height of the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. DOH logo virus background Former Commission on Audit Chairperson Grace Pulido Tan pointed...
The Commission on Audit may still conduct a fraud audit of the reported overpricing of billions of pesos worth of face masks and face shields if sought by citizens or requested by any agency. 4C066E0A-F172-4FC2-A79E-EBEC6BE79E53_4_5005_c Former Commission on Audit Chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan aired...
