NYC’s Move on Leave Credits of its Employees Caught Attention of COA COA – The Commission on Audit reacted to the move of the National Youth Commission regarding the leave credits of its employees. In both private and public companies and establishments, the regular employees are entitled to paid leaves. Usually, the workers are granted … Read more
BSP Executives Still Highest Paid Government Officials According to COA The Commission on Audit (COA) revealed that the executives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) are still the highest paid government officials. BSP executives dominated the list of highest paid government officials based on COA’s Report on Salaries and Allowances (ROSA). The late BSP governor … Read more
COA flags OSG travel expenses in 2018. OSG TRAVEL EXPENSES – The Commission on Audit (COA) identified the travel expenses of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for 2018. In the annual audit report, auditors flagged and called out the travels and airplane tickets of the OSG worth more than Php 7 million which … Read more
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
PCSO Failed To Collect P4 Billion From Authorized Agents of STL in 2017 PCSO – The PCSO management failed to collect P4 billion from authorized agents operating STL’s in 2017. Malacañang Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo disclosed that President Rodrigo Duterte fired the general manager Alexander Balutan of PCSO for alleged corruption. The spokesman, however, did … Read more
Contract Of Service And Job Order Workers To Be Given Pay Hike By The Government, Says Department Of Budget and Management PAY HIKE – Contractual workers via Contract of Service and Job Order will receive a pay hike by the government this January 1, 2019 (Tuesday). This is based on Joint Circular No. 1, series of 2018, … 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
PAGCOR Has P24B Short In Remittances? The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has reportedly had a P24 billion short that needs to be collected by the Bureau of Treasury (BTr), the Commission on Audit (COA) states. In a report by ABS-CBN, the 2015 COA Annual Audit report on BTr, the remittances made by PAGCOR … Read more