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...
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...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has cleared former Lipa City accountant Ma. Belen M. Villanueva of any liability in the P293 million notice of disallowance (ND) it issued in 2017 over the construction of Lipa Public Market Parking Building (LPMPB). The case stemmed from the contract entered into by...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) stood by Vice President Sara Duterte’s use of 433 security personnel in 2022, and stressed that comparisons with former vice presidents are “absurd” and “completely lacking basis.” Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (OVP photo) In a...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has noted a 455 percent increase in the number of security positions assigned in 2022 at the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) security and protection group. In its annual audit report, COA said there were 433 non-plantilla positions assigned at the...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the inclusion in the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of beneficiaries who are not in the data base of Listahanan 2 which identifies who and where the poor are...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday, Aug. 17 said the issues outlined in the 2022 report of the Commission on Audit (COA) had already been resolved. In response to the questioned purchase of relief goods with a “non-food” trader, DSWD spokesperson Assistant...
Malacañang has justified the increased spending on local and foreign travels of the President, stressing that the country will "immensely" benefit from these trips. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy) Presidential Communications Office (PCO)...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Public Accounts is seeking the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of embattled Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang in connection with its inquiry into allegedly anomalous transactions entered...
