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 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 called out the Bureau of Treasury (BoT) over its purchase in 2022 of more than P5.24 million worth of grocery items which were distributed to its officials and employees despite lack of proper authorization. In its audit report, COA said that the purchase of the...
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) said the Department of Education (DepEd) has more than P362.7 million in "unauthorized, unnecessary, and dormant bank accounts" that violate the General Appropriations Act of 2022. In its audit report, COA said that DepEd has a total of P362,760,156.45 cash in banks...
The National Commission on Senior Citizens (NCSC) still needs to fill up 165 positions in order to carry out its mandate properly, the Commission on Audit (COA) has said. Only 43 or 19 percent out of 224 positions in the National Commission for Senior Citizens (NCSC) have been filled up since its...
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...
The onslaught of Super Typhoon “Egay” (international name: Doksuri) has wiped out almost P2 billion worth of agricultural goods, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday, Aug. 1. (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel de Mesa gave...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has obtained an “unmodified opinion” from the Commission on Audit (COA) for 2022, which means that the police organization has done a good job in preparing all the necessary documents in accordance with the financial accounting framework. In a statement, the...
The Aboitiz Foundation, Connected Women, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Tuesday, July 18, in support of the Foundation’s initiative to upskill women in artificial intelligence and data annotation (AIDA) under its Elevate...
Unfazed by the Commission on Audit (COA) findings, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) has continued to expand its social services by opening its 10th satellite office in Legazpi City, Albay. (2nd from left) Vice President Sara Duterte leads the opening of another satellite office in Legazpi...
The Office of Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP) said Wednesday, July 5, it used its confidential fund "appropriately" for the year 2022 amid questions surrounding a Commission on Audit (COA) report that stated it utilized millions of pesos from its budget for the said year. "The Confidential Fund...
