The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the more than P2 million money claim of a construction company against the municipality of Maco in Davao de Oro for the delivery and installation of an outdoor LED (light emitting diodes) electronic billboard in 2019. However, COA denied the claim of CTEC...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has dismissed, without prejudice to refilling, the P318,500 money claim of Astoria Hotels and Resorts against the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for food served and accommodations rendered in 2019. In dismissing the claim, COA said that the person who filed the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has granted the money claim of a security services company for P7.91 million against the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for services rendered from Jan. 23 to July 16, 2020. Granted was the claim filed by 168 Security, Inc. However, instead of P7,935,324.42,...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Eulogio Amang Rodriquez Institute of Science and Technology (EARIST) to pay Mars Laboratory Instruments Center (MLIC) P3.5 million, the amount still due to the firm for the 4-in-1 Multimedia Language Laboratory System installed in 2014. In a four-page...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the P9.1 million in backwages and benefits claimed by a former National Library of the Philippines (NLP) official who was dismissed from the government service when found guilty in an administrative charge in 1996 but was granted executive clemency in 2012....
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the petition for payment of P650 million in alleged dividends filed by Macrino A. Angeles against the Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG). The CIIF-OMG is a group of government-owned and controlled corporations registered under the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the payment for accommodations, meals, and other services amounting to P456,716.50 incurred by former Department of Tourism (DOT) officials during their stay at the Discovery Shores Boracay in 2018. It denied the claim of Discovery World Corporation (DWC),...
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 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...
Here's a bold forecast on the proposed P275-billion Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF). Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. (Wikipedia) Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. is saying that the proposed sovereign wealth fund can "easily double the growth of the Philippine economy". “The...
The camp of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos has claimed victory in the May 2022 Palace race. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) "With 98 percent of the votes counted, and an unassailable lead of over 16 million votes, the...
The Jane Doe who accused Chris Brown of rape recently has lost legal representation. The unidentified woman claimed she was drugged and raped by Chris Brown inside a yacht owned by P. Diddy a couple of weeks ago. She lost her lawyers over text messages that police found on her phone. Rolling Stone...
