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(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)–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)—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 […]
(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) — 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) — 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) — Resigned Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo and a former Tourism official ordered the withdrawal of almost P2.52 million worth of goods from Duty Free in 2017, the Commission on Audit found. According to COA, Teo issued memos for the withdrawal of P43,885 worth of items, while Undersecretary for Administration and Special Concerns Rolando Cañizal ordered the withdrawal of items worth P1.37 million. According to COA, Duty Free also withdrew items for the Tourism Department […]
(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 […]
