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Makati still richest city, Cebu remains wealthiest province: COA report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 04:27 PM

Makati City remained the country's richest city for third year in a row, with P233.78 billion in total assets in 2019, according to a report of the Commission on Audit (COA). Read more »

Congress has no intelligence funds, COA says

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 11:07 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Audit clarified Wednesday that the House of Representatives and the Senate did not have confidential and intelligence funds for 2019. Read more »

Duterte office, Congress, DND top spenders of 2019 intel, confidential, miscellaneous funds: COA

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 10:57 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)— The Office of the President, Congress and the Department of National Defense were the top spenders of confidential, intelligence, and extraordinary and miscellaneous funds in 2019, the annual financial report of the Commission on Audit (COA) has revealed. Read more »

Ex-DAR official to receive over P1 million after wrongful dismissal

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 03:44 PM

The Commission on Audit has ordered the regional and provincial offices of the Department of Agrarian Reform to pay former Cagayan provincial agrarian reform officer Francisco Baculi P1.16 million worth of back salaries and other benefits. Read more »

National budget, paano ba binubuo at pinaplano?

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Posted at Nov 26 04:02 PM

Ipinasa na ng Senado sa final reading ang P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget. Paano ba ito binubuo at pinaplano?  Read more »

Cagayan 'prepared' despite underspent disaster funds, governor tells COA

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Updated as of Nov 18 09:06 AM

Cagayan was "prepared" for Typhoon Ulysses' floods despite not having spent its calamity funds as flagged by the Commission on Audit, its governor said Wednesday. Read more »

BCDA says billions spent for 2019 SEA Games facilities above board as Hontiveros seeks probe

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 10:40 AM

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority on Tuesday hit back at critics and said there are no anomalies in the construction of sports facilities for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games since the project was done legally and was even approved by the government. Read more »

COA asks NCIP to justify extravagant activities in 2019

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 09:54 PM

The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to justify its expenses amounting to P4.815 million in 2019 which state auditors said were mostly spent in activities conducted in high-end hotels and restaurants. Read more »

DPWH told to recover P431M from contractors of overpriced projects

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 05:39 PM

Various deficiencies ranging from excessive costing and overestimated quantities of items were found in the construction of roads, bridges, school buildings, flood control projects, and multi-purpose buildings. Read more »

MRT-3's revenue drops by P408 million in 2019; 48 Dalian trains still idle

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 06:22 PM

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) must increase its revenue collections from MRT-3 after registering a revenue drop of P408 million in 2019, its steepest drop since 2015, the Commission on Audit (COA) said.   Read more »

COA: BCDA gave contractor undue advantage for P8-billion SEA Games contract

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 07:06 PM

State auditors noted that the sports facilities in New Clark City in Tarlac province was negotiated into an unsolicited proposal rather than going through competitive bidding.   Read more »

'Excessive': COA calls out NTC for purchasing 44 smartphones worth P2.1M

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 03:00 PM

"This condition manifests that the number of mobile phones procured may be excessive for the intended purpose and that there may not be a necessity to procure new mobile phones in Calendar Year 2019," the audit team said. Read more »

COA flags PhilHealth's nearly P937-M overpayment to healthcare institutions in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 11 11:03 AM

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) made an overpayment worth nearly P937 million last year to various healthcare institutions, must refund almost P468 million in employer share, and should recover nearly P153 million in unauthorized benefits to its employees, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in a recent report. Read more »

Palace: Duterte office 'studying' COA findings on donations, travel request

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 12:51 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's office is "studying" the Commission on Audit's (COA) findings on its unused donations and travel request violation, Malacañang said Friday.    Read more »

DOH pumalag sa audit report sa nakaimbak na expired na mga gamot

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Posted at Oct 08 09:08 PM

Ayon sa DOH, karamihan dito ay naipamahagi na at patuloy pang pinamamahagi. Read more »

DOH says COA report ‘taken out of context,' medicines already distributed

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 07 02:03 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said the Commission on Audit (COA) report mentioning around P2.2 billion of expired medicines and supplies was “taken out of context.” Read more »

Duterte, ipinag-utos sa DOH na ipamahagi ang mga medisinang mag-e-expire na — Malacañang

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 06:02 PM

Inihayag ng Malacañang ngayong Martes na may utos si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Department of Health (DOH) na ipamahagi na ang mga medisinang malapit na umanong mag-expire.  Read more »

Palace to DOH: Distribute P2.4-B 'idle, near-expiry' meds

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 03:08 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Deaprtment of Health to distribute some P2.4 billion in "idle" and "near-expiry" medicines, Malacañang said Tuesday.    Read more »

Senate panel defers SolGen's 2021 budget over travel, confidential funds

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 02:04 PM

A Senate panel on Monday deferred the approval of the Office of the Solicitor General's (OSG) P1.61-billion budget for 2021, after the agency failed to clarify some appropriations in its funding request.   Read more »

MMDA claims all its vehicles on the road registered, contrary to audit report

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 01:18 PM

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said Monday all its vehicles were registered, contrary to a report by state auditors who had urged the agency to "act as a role model" and comply with inspection requirements.  Read more »