Pres. Duterte Vetoed the Survivorship Benefits Bill DUTERTE – Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte vetoed the bill seeking for the survivorship benefits in some government agencies. While there are bills that gain the approval of the President, there are also those that were returned without his signature. Among them are the Senate Bill No. 1917 … Read more
COA Criticizes Ben Tulfo Over Bitag Media’s Income The Commission on Audit (COA) criticized the radio journalist Ben Tulfo for Bitag Media’s income over alleged irregularities. COA allegedly found irregularities on Ben Tulfo’s income on his show “Bitag” for earning P120 million on PTV-DOT deal. However, the documents show that Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media allegedly … Read more
COA Reveals Top 10 Highest-Paid Government Officials The Commission on Audit (COA) has finally revealed the top 10 highest-paid government officials last year on their report. COA has exposed the list of officials in government agencies and in government-owned and -controlled corporations who received the highest salaries and allowances in 2017. The names of the top … Read more
176 China-Made Firetrucks Purchased By BFP 2 Years Ago Found To Be Defective, COA Says The Commission on Audit (COA) said that the 176 out of 469 China-made firetrucks bought by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) 2 years ago were defective. COA has already released their annual audit report for BFP in 2016 and … Read more
Alleged Purchase Irregularities Charge Against Some Provincial Government Officials For The Purchase Of Laptop For P99, 000 Provincial Government Officials were accused of purchase irregularities for purchasing a laptop worth P99, 000 in February 2008. Alleged irregularities in the purchase of a laptop at a cost of P99, 000 were charged by the Ombudsman against … Read more
31 MWSS Officials To Return P27M Unauthorized Allowances, Ordered By COA 31 MWSS (Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System) officials to return the P27 million unauthorized allowances as ordered by COA (Commission on Audit). On January 14, 2015, COA declared the final and executory return of P27 million of irregular allowances of MWSS officials. Four notices … Read more
The Commission on Audit released their latest 2014 Annual Financial Report making a list of the Philippines Richest and Poorest Provinces in terms of income. According to the list released by COA, LGUs from Mindanao are considered as the poorest in the country. Topping the list of richest region is the National Capital Region followed … Read more
The Commission on Audit (COA) found several irregularities in the Armed Force of the Philippines’ (AFP) 2013 procurement of petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) worth P68.65 million ($1.5 million). The revelation of the irregularities was revealed to a news report posted by Rappler. According to the State auditors who reviewed the P118.65 million ($2.5 million) … Read more
The Philippines was declared as the winner of the recently concluded Bright Spots Award at the Open Government (OGP) Summit in London. The Philippines winning entry, Citizen Participatory Audit (CPA) was declared as the Bright Spot. The Philippine delegation was headed by COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza, Director Aida Ayaso Talavera and Vivien Suerte-Cortez, the delegates … Read more