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
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 national government released the latest list of highest earning government officials or the list of the Government Officials with Highest Salaries for the year 2013 based upon the Commission on Audit’s (COA) Report on Salaries and Allowances (ROSA). Based upon the latest report of COA, the general manager of the Government Service Insurance System … 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
The DBM (Department of Budget and Management) admitted on Tuesday that they made a “clerical error” in listing former Compostela Valley Rep. Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora as the one who received a whopping P3 Billion in pork barrel funds during the year 2007. Budget Secretary Florencio Abad Jr. clarified that the DBM made a mistake … Read more