Liloan town again earns ‘highest’ COA rating

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 05/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The local government of Liloan in Cebu once again earned the highest Commission on Audit (COA) rating. In a statement shared on the official Facebook account of Mayor Christina Garcia-Frasco, the lady mayor…

LGUs to pay back cash aid given to unqualified beneficiaries – Nograles

Julie Aurelio 04/13/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Local government units (LGUs) that will give away cash aid from the social amelioration program to unqualified beneficiaries will have to pay it back. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases warned…

DILG Cebu starts LGU compliance audit on Año’s road clearing order

Rosalie Abatayo 10/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) already deployed validation teams to determine the compliance of the seven component cities and 44 towns in Cebu to Secretary Eduardo Año’s instruction to rid…

Capitol failed to properly account cash donations for disaster funds — COA

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Capitol has failed to account in detail the donations and utilization of funds for disaster risk reduction and management in 2018. State auditors have noted in their Annual Audit Report for 2018…

GAD forum orients officers with proper budget, audit guidelines

Rosalie O. Abatayo 11/12/2018

Focal persons of gender and development (GAD) offices and budget officers from regional offices and state universities and colleges (SUCs) convened for the Regional GAD budget forum starting on Monday (November 12) until Tuesday (November 13). The…

COA sees fewer deficiencies in audit of Cebu City funds

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/04/2018

Only seven audit observations, mostly due to recording lapses were reported by the Commission on Audit involving the use of government funds for the Cebu City government for 2017. In its annual audit report for 2017, the…

Solon: Audit PhilHealth transactions

Inquirer.net 06/04/2018

A PARTYLIST lawmaker has called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to “uncover all the anomalous policies and transactions the agency has done,” including the…

Tomas won’t stop Ballesteros from resigning

Morexette B. Erram 04/16/2018

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said that he has no intentions to block the plans of Sinulog Foundation Inc. (SFI) executive director, Ricky Ballesteros, to resign from his post. “No, (I’m not going to block it. I’m…

PAL completes IATA operational safety audit

Inquirer.net 03/27/2018

PAL Express successfully completed for the third consecutive time the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), confirming the airline’s strict compliance with international aviation safety standards. IOSA is the internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system of the International…

BFP urged: Audit old buildings with outdated fire prevention systems

Inna Gian Mejia 01/11/2018

BARUG Team Rama councilors plan to pass legislation requesting the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to audit and inspect old buildings in Cebu City with outdated and busted fire prevention systems. In a press conference yesterday, the…

Labor group calls for fire safety audit for all malls

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 01/07/2018

TUCP calls for fire safety audit for malls The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is calling for a joint fire safety audit of all malls nationwide following two separate fire incidents in Davao and Cebu.…

Cash aid, ‘screaming hollow blocks’

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 11/02/2017

At the risk of sounding downright uncharitable and heartless, I have to question the wisdom of allocating an additional P9,000 as rental for displaced fire victims in Cebu City on top of the P20,000 cash aid and…

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