ILOILO Gov. Arthur ‘Toto’ Defensor Jr. and Iloilo Rep. Lorenz ‘Noy’ Defensor, with their mother Cosette, after they were proclaimed winners by the Commission on Elections last May 11. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Reelected Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. was the highest spender in Iloilo...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia spent over P1 M in her successful campaign in last month’s elections. The reelected governor’s challenger, former Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, also shelled out over P1 million. Based on her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) filed before the...
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III on Friday, April 8 said departments and offices under the executive branch should report to the Senate on its expenditures in connection with its the Covid-19 pandemic response. These are, according to Pimentel, the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Health...
Manila Water Co. reported that it expanded capital expenditures last year by 28 percent to P13.7 billion from the record P10.7 billion spent in 2020 despite the continued challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is the highest CapEx record since the privatization of water service in the...
More adverse audit observations were revealed by the Commission on Audit in the handling of the Department of Health of billions of pesos in government funds and in the implementation of its projects even as audit disallowances and suspensions of various transactions have reached over P8.8 billion...