Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, Nov. 20, that she has not seen the receipts signed by a certain “Mary Grace Piattos” relating to her office’s confidential funds use and is now the subject of a congressional inquiry and social media memes. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Audit found mismanagement in the water district of Dueñas town, Iloilo province. A report said the government-owned Dueñas Water District was found to have irregularity in its fiscal operations – zero enforcement of collecting overdue accounts that nearly...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker's office, Facebook) An alleged questionable use of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) linked to Vice President Sara...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Office of the Vice President (OVP) under Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly spent a whopping P16 million in confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) to rent 34 safehouses for...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the municipality of South Ubian in Tawi-Tawi for its failure to insure with the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) its property, plant and equipment (PPE) worth P69.9 million. In its audit report, the COA said that South Ubian's failure to insure...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has reminded local government units (LGUs) to utilize fully their Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (DRRMF) to fulfill the purpose for which the fund was created. The reminder was issued by the COA in its 2023 annual audit report on the municipalty of Leon in...
Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Another member of the House "Young Guns" bloc has noted the alleged "pattern" of fund mismanagement that's traceable to the Office of the Vice...
The failure of the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan to deposit P2.142 million in its local treasury as of Dec. 31, 2023 deprived the local government unit of the immediate use of funds for its priority programs and projects. Worse, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its 2023 annual report that...
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe, Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe says that Vice President Sara Duterte may be liable for...
Local government units (LGUs) should charge and collect liquidated damages from suppliers for delays in the deliveries of their purchases, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. It cited the case of Lemery town in Batangas which failed to collect liquidated damages for late deliveries of drugs,...
The number of teaching, teaching-related and non-teaching personnel in the country's public schools dwindled by 38,463 from 1,016,066 in 2022 to 977,603 in 2023. Despite the reduced number of teaching personnel, the Commission on Audit (COA) said its state auditors recorded an increase in the total...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) over its unsettled P12.297 billion notices of disallowances and suspensions, and the "substantial accumulated unliquidated" cash advances of P6.959 billion in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report, the COA blamed...
