Movie monitoring inspectors of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board have been questioned by the Commission on Audit for repeatedly conducting visits in the same cinema houses on the same dates, incurring huge expenses for movie tickets, in the process. COA aired the apprehension...
The Commission on Audit has red flagged transactions made by the Office of Solicitor General in its 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response. COA disclosed in its 2020 annual audit report for the OSG that the government’s legal counsel has procured P1.49 million worth of medical supplies...
Accountable officers (AO's) of the Commission on Elections have continued to fail to liquidate cash advances of over P2.59 billion, most of which reportedly spent in previous elections. The Commission on Audit, in its 2020 annual audit report for the Comelec, also disclosed that despite the...
The local government unit (LGU) of Makati City has received an “unmodified opinion” or the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit (COA) for the fourth straight year, citing the city’s consistent compliance with auditing rules and procedures. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Mayor...
The Quezon City government has received its highest Commission on Audit (COA) rating in its history for its annual audit report for the year 2020. After earning an "unqualified opinion," the highest audit opinion that COA gives to a government agency, Mayor Joy Belmonte, in a statement, said the...
The Commission on Audit has revealed that the Cavite provincial government may have put to risk the health benefits and loan payments of its employees by failing to pay on time mandatory premium contributions to the Government Service Insurance Corporation, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation...
State auditors have questioned officials of the Misamis Occidental province for failing to present necessary supporting documents for the purchase of land worth over P96.17 million. Auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) also flagged the release of P510,000 in professional fees to a private...
Barred from personally visiting public parks last year, over 250,000 Filipinos still got a taste of the pleasures of promenading Rizal and Paco parks by gluing themselves to their computers and other gadgets last year. The Commission on Audit (COA) has disclosed that the National Parks Development...
Lawmakers on Monday, June 14 grilled Department of Education officials for their alleged refusal to comply with the law that withdrew from the department the responsibility of procuring and developing books. DepEd has continued to take charge of book procurement even as the agency absorbed public...
Nearly a decade after the Commission on Audit exposed the pork barrel scam that reportedly defrauded government of more than P10 billion, the audit agency finally affirmed the liability of a former partylist solon in the release of over P10.79 million to a bogus foundation linked to alleged scam...
State auditors demanded transparency in the handling of funds, grants and donations received by the Surigao del Norte provincial government to support programs addressing the effects of the anti- coronavirus-disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the province. The Commission on Audit revealed in its 2020...
Notwithstanding the emergency nature of the release of fundings, over P242 million granted by government to finance Marawi rehabilitation and Bayanihan 2 programs was returned to the national treasury due to failure of the National Meat Inspection Service to implement listed projects. Making...
