COA flags Mandaue City for 772 unfilled plantilla positions

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 09/11/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Government is now hiring applicants to fill the vacant regular plantilla positions. The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged Mandaue City for not filling 772 vacant positions, or 50 percent…

‘P50B Cebu City budget’: Rama defends it, ‘unrealistic’, says COA

Pia Piquero 07/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City has always strived for progress, yet navigating the complexities of city’s finance is no small feat. Preventively suspended Mayor Michael Rama has come under scrutiny as the Commission on Audit (COA)…

COA flags Cebu City over P114.5M unliquidated funds to NGOs

Pia Piquero 07/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Over P114.5 million in fund transfers done by Cebu City to various non-government organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) since 2009 remain unliquidated, according to the latest audit report by the Commission on Audit…

COA says Cebu City lacks cash reserves for Singapore-like vision

Pia Piquero 07/27/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Cebu City lacks the necessary cash reserves to support its ambition of transforming into a city-state akin to Singapore, the Commission on Audit (COA) said. The now preventively suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama…

COA flags Davao City’s ‘inappropriate’ expenses

Dempsey Reyes 10/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines – Davao City made “inappropriate” expenditures after it charged P6.45 million against its 20-percent development fund, which goes against rules for such funding, according to the Commission on Audit (COA). Citing the COA’s audit compliance…

Rats! COA report bares ‘lack of cleanliness’ of DSWD warehouse

Dempsey Reyes 10/05/2023

The Commission on Audit (COA) discovered that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has failed to maintain the cleanliness of the warehouse where it stores relief goods, causing it to be infested with rodents and cockroaches…

VP Sara’s secret funds as Davao mayor also draw scrutiny

Julie Aurelio 10/01/2023

A Makabayan lawmaker on Saturday asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to thoroughly investigate the P2.697-billion confidential fund allocations for Vice President Sara Duterte when she was mayor of Davao City from 2016 to 2022 and demand the…

COA urged to investigate Davao City’s P2.697 billion confidential fund

Angeline Marcelino 09/30/2023

MANILA, Philippines — House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Representative France Castro has called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to thoroughly investigate the spending of the P2.697 billion Davao City confidential funds. The said…

Boracay expenditures from 2018 hound ex-DOT chief Teo, 4 others

Dempsey Reyes 09/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — For exceeding the daily budget limit for hotel accommodations, former officials of the Department of Tourism (DOT) — including then-Secretary Wanda Tulfo Teo — are now being asked to pay more than P456,000 for…

Party-list solon to COA: Probe VP Sara’s P125-M confidential funds in 2022

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 08/24/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to investigate the presence of confidential funds (CF) in the Office of the Vice President (OVP) report for 2022 — under incumbent Vice President Sara…

COA: MCWD loses P117.759 million in annual revenue due to unimproved non-revenue water rate

Wenilyn Sabalo 08/03/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the P117.759 million loss in annual revenue of Metropolitan Cebu Water District due to its unimproved non-revenue water (NRW) portion. The state auditor observed that there was…

COA flags MCWD for unfinished, overdue projects

Wenilyn Sabalo 08/01/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) for seven unfinished and overdue infrastructure projects with a total contract cost of P235.880 million. In its December 2022 annual audit report…

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