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COA: Pasig City procured P755-M 'excessive' supplies

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 11:42 AM

The former administration of Pasig City mayor Bobby Eusebio purchased P951.787 million worth of supplies but utilized only P196.137 million, leaving inventory items amounting to P755.649 million which may go to waste due to obsolescence, according to the Commission on Audit. Read more »

COA: Ombudsman’s P4.6-million petrol products purchase lacks public bidding

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 04 12:58 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Ombudsman's purchase of P4.565 million worth of fuel, oil and lubricants did not pass through public bidding as required by the procurement law, the Commission on Audit has said.  Read more »

COA flags unused P47.6M fund for wounded Marawi soldiers

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 04:43 PM

Cash donations intended to help wounded Philippine Army personnel from the 2017 Marawi siege remain unused, according to the 2018 report of the Commission on Audit. Read more »

COA: 6,985 containers of rice, sugar donations languish in ports

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 03:45 PM

The Commission on Audit has told the Bureau of Customs to speed up the release of items for donations which are included in a total of 6,985 overstaying containers in various ports for 30 days to 25 years.  Read more »

COA flags LWUA failure to return P121-M in unused funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 01:44 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Audit has flagged the Local Water Utilities Administration for unutilized funds amounting to P121.5 million, which were not returned to the Department of Health. Read more »

COA orders PhilHealth to return P139-M benefits for execs, employees

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 03:13 PM

The Commission on Audit proper has affirmed the notices of disallowance for P139.472 million in benefits and allowances given by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation to its officials and employees. Read more »

COA urges legal action linked to Cesar Montano’s ‘costly’ Buhay Carinderia project

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 06:07 PM

The COA has recommended legal action in connection with an P80-million Buhay Carinderia project by the Tourism Promotions Board under Cesar Montano, the chief operating officer at the time. Read more »

COA orders refund of 'illegal' P260-M incentive for GSIS employees

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 03:50 PM

The Commission on Audit has ordered a refund of some P260.5 million in incentives given by the Government Service Insurance System management to its employees, as these were "illegal expenditures."    Read more »

COA: PNP missed arrest targets but aced response time, patrols in 2018

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 07:28 PM

MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) last year missed its arrest target on most wanted persons and the deadline to take custody of crime suspects within a month, the Commission on Audit (COA) has said.  Read more »

PCOO: Employee, 2 ex-officials in hot water over alleged ASEAN irregularities

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 25 01:53 PM

The Presidential Communications Operations Office on Tuesday said one of its employees and 2 former officials are in hot water for alleged failure to account for some P38.8 million in funds for the country's hosting of international leaders in 2017. Read more »

COA flags P121 million 'illegal' transactions of National Printing Office

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 12:50 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the National Printing Office (NPO) for engaging with 12 private printers with work orders worth P121.691 million without any valid contract. Read more »

COA questions P4.9 million spent by Cavite government on consultants

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 06:09 PM

In the 2018 annual audit report on the provincial government, state auditors said the Cavite government led by Gov. Crispin Remulla paid a total of P4.945 million payments to consultants. Read more »

COA flags National Museum's 'inadequate' handling of artworks, specimens

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 11:02 AM

The Commission on Audit has called the National Museum's attention for its "inadequate" management of artworks and archaeological specimens. Read more »

'Frequent flyers' in DOJ told to explain P6M in travel expenses

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 07:53 PM

The Commission on Audit has identified 14 frequent flyers in the Department of Justice who spent a total of P6.192 million to attend international meetings, fora and dialogue ranging from 2 to 12 times last year. Read more »

Pag-IBIG Fund execs: 'P248-million pay raise aboveboard, long overdue'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 11:29 PM

MANILA - Pay raise for Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund employees amounting to P248 million were aboveboard and long overdue, its officials said Wednesday. Read more »

COA: P248 million in pay increases for Pag-IBIG fund employees illegal

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 19 07:31 PM

The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged pay hikes of Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF or Pag-IBIG Fund) officers and employees as illegal since these were not approved by the Office of the President. Read more »

COA flags PDEA travel expenses worth P74-M missing documentation

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 09:10 PM

According to the 2018 annual audit report, P22.45 million worth of travel expenses were without documents and the amount of P51.83 million did not come with official receipts. Read more »

COA tells OVP to improve monitoring disbursed gov't funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 10:03 PM

The Commission on Audit (COA) told the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to improve its monitoring of government funds after 19 local government units which received a total of P28.189 million anti-poverty funding failed to submit official receipts (ORs) and liquidation reports. Read more »

COA calls out Navy over millions of pesos worth of project delays

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 08:16 AM

The Commission on Audit has flagged the Philippine Navy's "ineffective" procurement outsourcing, which it said "may hinder the attainment of its mission."   Read more »

PVAO itinangging nagbayad ng P70-M sa mga patay na pensioner

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 12:19 AM

Nasa P30 milyon pa ang kailangang ibalik ng Philippine Veterans Affairs Office sa kaban ng gobyerno matapos lumabas sa COA report na nagbayad ito ng pensiyon sa mahigit 5,000 pensioner na patay na. Read more »