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But construction of P740-billion Bulacan int’l airport to still push through, says PBBM press secretary Angeles (Eagle News) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has vetoed the bill creating the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport to “cure defects” in the measure, according to his Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles. At the same time, Angeles stressed that President Marcos still supports the creation of the Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport and […]
Presses COA audit, submission of annual report of PRC on how it utilized gov’t funds (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned the Philippine Red Cross to submit to a government audit and give an account of how it had utilized government funds given to them, or he would cut all government transactions with it altogether. In his “Talk to the People” aired on Sept. 11, Duterte also directed the Commission on Audit (COA) […]
“Who’s auditing COA?” he asks; tells COA to give enough “elbow room” for gov’t amid pandemic (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to release only its final audit reports and to allow government departments and units “elbow room” to finish audit requirement amid the pandemic. In his “Talk to the People” on Thursday night, Aug. 26, President Duterte also saw the need to audit the COA, saying he […]
Says COA’s explanation about no finding of corruption on DOH came “very late” (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte lamented how the Commission on Audit (COA) has already damaged the reputation of the Department of Health (DOH) and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III when it released its initial report on P67.3 billion funds it had initially flagged. In his “Talk to the People” on Tuesday night, Aug. 25, Duterte said that COA had already […]
DOH Usec Vega says in the midst of COVID-19 crisis, submission of some paperwork delayed so as not to compromise lives of public (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) explained to President Rodrigo Duterte how it is complying with the reported deficiencies in documents on the P67.3 billion earlier flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA). The DOH also found a sympathetic ear in President Duterte who said that he understood the […]
Says DOH can still submit documents and supporting papers to rectify deficiencies on P67.3B fund as part of audit process (Eagle News) – The Commission on Audit clarified that it did “not mention any findings” of funds lost to corruption in the reported deficiencies in documents related to funds amounting to P67.3 billion in the Department of Health. In a statement, the COA said that its observations were as a result of “non-submission of […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday, July 15, gave the assurance the unused budget allotted for anti-communist insurgency programs is intact and will be used wisely. Eleazar also noted that he would look into the other claims made by the Commission on Audit in its recent report. According to the COA report, only P86.57 million was spent for the PNP’s anti-communist programs, an amount that was very low compared to […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the Special Action Force to check what the Commission on Audit said were “unmet contracts” in its 2020 report. In a statement, Eleazar said he, in particular, ordered the SAF leadership to “immediately report to me why some of these procurement contracts have not materialized.” “I have also tasked the SAF to report the current status of the contracts,” he added. The COA had […]
File photo: Department of Health (Eagle News Service) (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) clarified that they have already distributed medicines and other supplies which have been reported in a 2019 Commission on Audit report as nearing its expiration date or have already expired. In a statement, DOH said that the products with expiry dates were fluoride toothpastes in dental kits which have already been distributed. It said that the 2019 COA report […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 management has emphasized it puts the safety of its passengers first before revenue maximization, following a Commission on Audit report that noted that the country’s railway system’s revenues were down 26 percent since the Department of Transportation took over last year. “Revenues require ridership, ridership requires trains, and it is unfortunate that the number of reliable and safe trains available to MRT-3 in 2018 went down due to years of […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is asking the National Printing Office to explain if it had indeed subcontracted the printing of the voters’ information sheet for the May 13 midterm elections in violation of the rules of the Commission on Audit. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that they had received information on Tuesday, May 14, that the NPO had subcontracted the printing job to Holy Family Printing Press which resulted in errors […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte wants a meeting with the Ombudsman and the Commission on Audit so they could come out with more simplified auditing procedures. President Duterte made the comment in a speech marking the anniversary of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission in Malacañang on Wednesday, March 6, as he slammed the existing auditing regulations that delay government projects. “Kasi kung ano ano nalang pinaglalagay…There are more and more regulations,” he said. He said he wanted […]
