COA flags DepEd over P2.4B purchase of pricey laptops with old processors

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 08/04/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Education’s (DepEd) purchase of pricey laptops with low-end processors in 2021, transacted through the controversial Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management…

COA to Cebu City: Why give special risk allowance to non healthcare workers?

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the Cebu City Government to stop granting financial incentives to personnel who are not directly attending to COVID-19 patients. State auditors discovered that the city spent…

COA: Cebu City bought P91M sacks of rice from ‘middleman’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has asked the Cebu City Government to justify its decision to purchase over 39,000 sacks of rice from a questionable supplier.  The state auditing body found out that…

COA questions Talisay City’s purchase of ‘high-end PCs, laptops’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/20/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the decision of the Talisay City Government to purchase high-end laptops and personal computers (PC) used for engineering and video editing purposes.  In its 2021 Annual…

COA tells Bantayan to secure ECC, water permits for desalination plant

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/15/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the P21-million desalination plant being constructed in Bantayan town, northern Cebu. The state auditing body instructed the local government of Bantayan to secure Environmental Compliance Certificate…

COA flags Moalboal’s P3.8M purchase of medical device 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has called the attention of the local government of Moalboal in southwestern Cebu over the purchase of medical equipment worth close to P4 million from a questionable supplier. …

Chan said COA already cleared city on the payment of SRA and AHDP to non-health workers

Futch Anthony Inso 07/12/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan clarified that the Commission on Audit (COA) has already cleared the city for giving Special Risk Allowance (SRA) and Active Hazard Duty Pay (AHDP) to non-health workers.…

93-1 land swap deal: Capitol plans of putting integrated passenger terminal in SRP

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Should the Cebu City and Provincial Government’s plans to iron out details of the 93-1 land swap deal be successful, an integrated passenger terminal may soon rise in the South Road Properties (SRP). …

Once a multi-million industry, whale-shark watching in Oslob took a nosedive in 2021

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Income from the tourism sector in Oslob, southern Cebu went into a nosedive in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on.  Based on the 2021 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audit…

COA asks Oslob LGU to justify P1M purchase of medical supplies from ‘questionable supplier’ 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 06/16/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Oslob Municipal Government’s decision to buy P1 million worth of medical supplies from a questionable supplier. Based on COA’s 2021 Annual Audit Report for Oslob,…

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…

EJ Obiena gets ‘closure’ after getting cleared by COA on liquidation issue

Lance Agcaoili 04/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino star pole vaulter EJ Obiena has received clearance from the Commission on Audit (COA) to settle his liquidation issue with the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa). Obiena posted a copy of…

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