OVP receives highest audit rating from COA for 2018 

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 09:21:19 +0000

OVP receives highest audit rating from COA for 2018 

The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said that it received the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit (COA) for 2018. 

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COA flags OSG’s P7.12M in foreign travel expenses

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 21:34:53 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged P7.128 million in foreign travels spent by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in 2018 that lacked the required supporting documents.

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Control of tractor gives mayor more power

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 21:18:09 +0000

Control of tractor gives mayor more power

BACOLOR, Pampanga — Farm equipment owned by the local government have been in the custody of a barangay chairwoman, preventing many farmers from using these to grow rice in the town buried by lahar discharged by Mt. Pinatubo in 1991, according to a directive from the Commission on Audit (COA).

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Duterte wants to meet COA, Ombudsman execs to ‘simplify’ audit rules

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:14:21 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night said he would want to meet with officials from the Office of the Ombudsman and the Commission on Audit (COA) to work out a way to “simplify” auditing mechanisms in government. “I’d like to sit with the Executive Secretary and maybe invite some guys from the […]

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SSS: Colmenares claim based on old COA numbers

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:27:55 +0000

The Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday said its cumulative uncollected contributions and penalties had reached only P13.8 billion as of 2017 based on the latest Commission on Audit (COA) report, not P437 billion since 2010 as claimed by a senatorial aspirant.

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De Lima to Marcelino: Do not be used to testify against me

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 06:52:19 +0000

De Lima to Marcelino: Do not be used to testify against me

Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday urged Marine Col. Ferdinand Marcelino to speak up for the truth and not be manipulated to testify against her on the drug charges she is facing.

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COA sees inefficient fund use in regions

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:20:44 +0000

The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out regional offices of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for slow implementation of disaster-related projects and inefficient use of funds.

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Top spender? Pimentel says he even saved P31M in 2017

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:44:26 +0000

Top spender? Pimentel says he even saved P31M in 2017

Considering his position as then Senate President, Senator Aqulino “Koko” Pimentel said his office even saved some P31 million in 2017.

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