THE Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has used only P1.45 billion out of the P8-billion funding for free tuition in state universities and colleges as of the end of 2017, according to the Commission on Audit (COA).…
STATE auditors called on the Cebu City government to explain the failure of their officials to liquidate cash advances worth P6.7 million since November 2017. In their audit observation, the Commission on Audit (COA) found out that…
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the “excessive and extravagant” foreign trips of resigned Tourism Promotions Board (TBP) chief operating officer (COO) Cesar Montano totaling to 14 trips in a span of 91 days. In its…
The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the Cebu City Government to take action and dispose the P8-million worth of “unserviceable properties” under its jurisdiction. The properties that need to be disposed by the city include outdated…
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the Cebu provincial government to explain the use of the P3.6 million from the Development Fund (DF) for the procurement of goods for office use, instead of development projects. According…
The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the Cebu Provincial Government to explain their utilization of the development fund amounting to P3.6 million. A COA report stated that Capitol spent the allocated fund for the procurement of…
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has ordered the Cebu provincial government to support payments of consultants with approved consultancy progress reports, otherwise payments will be disallowed in audit. Based on COA’s annual audit report in 2017, the…
The Cebu Provincial Government has hired 37 consultants ahead of any authorization from the Provincial Board and even in the absence of Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) registration. In its annual audit report, The Commission on…
COA TO PROVINCE Government auditors have asked the Cebu provincial government to return to the national treasury P41.7 million in unutilized allocations from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) released since 2006. According to its audit report,…
Several school buildings in Cebu have remained unused and unoccupied, according to The Commission on Audit in Central Visayas (COA-7). These buildings are located at the national high schools in Bantayan, Daanbantayan, Talisay City, Argao, and…
The Cebu City government could have earned an additional P1.6 billion if they had amended the Revised Omnibus Tax Ordinance and imposed a 10 percent increase, at most, in local taxes. “The Revised Omnibus Tax Ordinance of…
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…
