COA flags Cebu City for P50M assistance to earthquake-hit LGUs in Luzon

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged Cebu City’s release of P50 million worth of assistance to local government units (LGUs) in Luzon that were hit by a strong earthquake in 2022. Auditors disapproved…

Cebu City’s CTO failed to collect over P4B in real property taxes, says COA

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/21/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — As of December 31, 2022, the Cebu City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) logged over P4 billion in real property taxes (RPTs) that have remained uncollected from delinquent property owners. Government auditors said that the…

Mayor Suan clarifies: COA-flagged transactions done under previous admin

Futch Anthony Inso 07/19/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Cordova Mayor Cesar “Didoy” Suan clarified that he was not yet the mayor of the town when the transactions that were disallowed by the Commission on Audit (COA) happened. In a Statement of…

COA tells Alegria officials: Purchase of calendars delivered in May irregular, wasteful

Max Limpag 07/04/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) called out officials of the southwestern Cebu town of Alegria for spending P345,000 for wall calendars for 2022 that were delivered at the end of May, when almost…

Liloan lechon purchase issue: Mayor releases official statement

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 06/29/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Liloan Mayor Aljew Frasco has clarified the issue surrounding the municipality of Liloan after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the municipality for buying lechon totaling P1.357 million. In a statement released by…

COA flags Liloan for buying 207 pieces of lechon totaling P1.357 million

Max Limpag 06/27/2023

CEBU, Philippines – The Liloan Municipal Government purchased “207 pieces of lechon totaling P1.357 million for team buildings, religious activities, founding anniversaries of private groups, graduation exercises, general assemblies, get-togethers, among others” that were deemed “irregular and…

Successive lotto wins baffle Pimentel

Marlon Ramos - Reporter 04/25/2023

What’s the probability of winning a game of chance with multimillion odds in successive weeks? Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Monday raised this question as he noted that the jackpot prizes in the recent lotto…

Cebu is richest province in PH for eighth straight time

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/17/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu is still the wealthiest province in the Philippines, based on latest findings from the Commission on Audit (COA). In its 2021 Annual Financial Report, COA ranked Cebu as the richest province in terms of…

Capitol mulls ‘direct deal’ with 93-1 occupants instead

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government is considering holding direct talks with occupants of properties covered by the 93-1 land swap deal. The Capitol’s pronouncements came after the Cebu City Government recently expressed hesitation in…

SK head Resch asks COA to check, audit SK transactions

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Aside from issues surrounding the postponement of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and Barangay elections, Cebu City Councilor and SK Federation-Cebu City head Jessica Resch also wants the Commission on Audit (COA) to check…

More Odette-affected families in Mandaue receive cash assistance

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/10/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Almost 100 Odette-affected families in Mandaue City received their P5,000 financial assistance from the National Housing Authority (NHA) on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The distribution to 96 beneficiaries coming from the city’s 27…

‘Revolting’: 29,000 teachers left out after PS-DBM bought pricey, outdated laptops

Kurt Dela Peña - Content Researcher Writer / @inquirerdotnet 08/09/2022

MANILA, Philippines—“Sad and even revolting.” This was how the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) described the purchase of “outdated and pricey” laptops, which the Department of Education (DepEd) received from the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget…

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