Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 29, criticized the government’s P8.6-billion deal with Pharmally Pharma, a newly registered pharmaceutical company with links to President Duterte’s ex-economic adviser Michael Yang that sold overpriced medical supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic....
Saying that the country’s elected vice president is not mandated to audit government agencies, Vice President Leni Robredo laughed off President Duterte’s claims that he will audit the Commission on Audit (COA) once elected to the second-highest post in 2022. Vice President Leni Robredo and...
The Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS) is an organization independent from the agency proper. President Rodrigo Duterte Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado shake hands following the latter's oath-taking ceremony in Malacañang on August 5, 2019. (Malacañang) This was...
Recalling her father's tenure as vice president of the Philippines, Senator Nancy Binay said on Friday, August 27, that President Duterte would not need to scrutinize the reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) if he gets elected to the post next year. Senator Nancy Binay (Sen. Nancy...
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday, Aug. 27, suggested the audit of the government’s billions of pesos expenditure for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. CDA3E812-89E8-4023-B6CF-1B66F6F5ECD3 The veteran independent lawmaker made the call as government continued to reject...
“Who audits COA (Commission on Audit)?” 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c In less than 24 hours after President Rodrigo Duterte publicly posed this question, the Commission on Audit released its 2020 Annual Audit Report that flagged several expenditure items that may not have been...
President Duterte has guaranteed Filipinos that their money is being spent correctly by the government, even telling the people that they can "kill him" if he was lying. President Rodrigo Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/ MANILA BULLETIN) The President made the statement amid the...
President Duterte's tirades against the Commission on Audit (COA) seemed to be far from over after he volunteered to audit the agency if he wins as vice president in the 2022 elections. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement after the Commission on Audit (COA) cited in...
The Lower House's deliberations on the 2022 national budget won’t be delayed by the adverse findings of the Commission on Audit (COA) against various government agencies, the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations assured on Wednesday, August 25. Committee Chairman and ACT-CIS...
Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, August 25, slammed President Duterte for bringing up past Commission on Audit (COA) findings during the Aquino administration, saying it is just “plain rich in irony and hypocrisy.” Senator Leila de Lima (REUTERS) De Lima was referring to Duterte’s...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to go on a "hiring binge" so it could further fulfill its constitutional mandate of checking government expenditures. Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) The COA has 14,102 authorized staff positions...
President Duterte has linked two former Cabinet members of the previous Aquino administration to Commission on Audit (COA)-themed irregularities. President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo from PCOO Facebook) In his "Talk to the People" public briefing on late Tuesday night, Aug. 24, Duterte identified...
