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(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel’s office incurred the most expenses among senators’ offices in 2017, a Commission on Audit report said. According to COA, the office of Pimentel, who served as Senate president from 2016 to May 2018, spent some P127.8 million—P49.2 million in staff salaries and benefits, and professional and consultancy fees worth P15.7 million, and miscellaneous expenses amounting to P11.7 million from January 1 to December 31, 2017. “That is expected. The Senate […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, hit back at former Commission on Audit commissioner Heidi Mendoza, after she defended the audit agency from the chief executive’s tirades. “Hindi niya ako malecture-an because I was ahead of her by a mile dyan sa understanding sa nitty-gritty. You convict a person by a circular? Not even by law and it’s a violation of circular. A circular? What is its dimension? Does it reach the level […]
(Eagle News) — Media personalities, Ben and Erwin Tulfo, attended the senate hearing on Tuesday, August 14, to allegedly clear their names on the P60 million advertising placement of the Department of Tourism with their Bitag Media Unlimited. Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media Unlimited has been embroiled in the controversial ad placement deal as this was made at the time that his sister, Wanda Teo, was serving as the DOT secretary. Tulfo, like his sister […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will appeal before the Supreme Court the Commission on Audit’s order for it to return P163.85 million in bonuses it gave its officials. The order was made after the COA denied PhilHealth’s petition for review of the agency’s earlier decision that ruled the perks were illegal. In denying the petition, COA said that while PhilHealth was not covered by the Salary Standardization Law, its authority under National Health Insurance […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Audit has flagged the Children’s Welfare Council for supposedly paying an unnamed DZMM reporter P1.05 million to “cover the activities of the CWC’s celebration of the National Children’s Month..” According to the report, which was uploaded by COA on its site on Saturday, July 21, the DZMM reporter was also supposed to arrange the radio and television guestings of CWC; ensure availability of CWC officials and/or technical staff to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the Philippine National Police’s purchase of Mahindra patrol vehicles worth P1.8 billion. In Senate Resolution No. 777, Poe asked that the Senate blue ribbon committee and the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs conduct the inquiry into the 2015 purchase which the Commission on Audit described as being “riddled” with irregularities. According to Poe, the COA report “validates concerns raised […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Thursday, July 5, said some of the assets that were supposed to be acquired through its P3.9-billion budget for 2017 were being “carefully procured” to ensure there would be no corruption. Colonel Noel Detoyato, chief of the military’s public affairs office, made the statement after the Commission on Audit called the AFP’s attention to what it said was the organization’s P3.859 billion unused budget under its […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Audit has flagged what it said were the excessive allowances received by Solicitor General Jose Calida and several lawyers of the Office of the Solicitor General. In its 2017 report, COA said Calida, Henry Angeles, Herman Cimafranca, James Candangan, Renan Ramos, Rex Bernardo Pascual, Bernard Hernandez, Ma. Antonia Edita Dizon, Raymund Rigodon, Danilo Leyva, Lilian Abenojar, John Dale Ballinan, Perfecto Adelfo Chua Cheng, Laney Layug-Delfin, and Gift Mohametano received allowances above […]
(Eagle News) — Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III denied he had a hand in the payroll transactions red-flagged recently by the Commission on Audit. In a statement on Saturday, May 26, Aguirre said “these transactions involved operations between the Personnel Division and the Accounting Division. They are all below my level as Secretary of Justice.” “I have no participation whatsoever in the transactions subject matter of the Annual Audit Report released by the Commission […]
(Eagle News) — The interim chief of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation who was rapped by the Commission on Audit for her allegedly excessive travel expenses has denied any irregularity. Celestina Ma. Jude de la Serna said the over P600,000 worth of travel expenses was “above board and within the limit set by existing policies and rules and regulations.” “We cannot emphasize more that these are purely official in nature and truly necessary in the performance […]
(Eagle News) — Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo said on Monday, April 30, that the P60-million payment by People’s Television Network Inc. to Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. for the airing of Department of Tourism advertisements on her brother Ben Tulfo’s program was covered by a “government-to-government contract.” Teo said that she never signed any such contract, which “went through a bidding” and was “reviewed by” the DOT’s legal department. “All checks were made payable to […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, April 30, said it would probe the P60-million payment made by People’s Television Network Inc. (PTNI) to Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. (BMUI) for the airing of Department of Tourism (DOT) advertisements. The DOT is headed by Tulfo’s sister, Wanda Teo. “Ang alam ko umabot na ‘yung balita (kay Presidente Rodrigo Duterte). I can confirm na meron nang let’s look into this. Gusto niyang malaman ang puno’t […]
