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
The Philippine government’s Commission on Audit have already released the full COA Report of the lawmakers Pork Barrel Allocations from 2007-2009, the report was released to the media and the public. According to COA’s report there are 74 lawmakers who exceeded their pork barrel allocations, with one Congressman getting nearly P3 billion in pork barrel … Read more