Commission on Audit (COA)

A multitude of deficiencies has reportedly hounded the procurement process of the provincial government of Occidental Mindoro, including insufficient documents, purchase of non-essential medicines and violations of procurement law.

The Commission on Audit (COA) cited the failure of the provincial government of Occidental Mindoro to monitor the grant of cash advances to its officers and employees, resulting in unliquidated cash advances totaling P48.8 million.

Various procurement activities of the provincial government of Marinduque came into question as the Commission on Audit (COA) found that they were overpriced by up to 92.55 percent.

The provincial government of Marinduque has been tasked with the imposition of sanctions against three contractors over flubs in 91 separate contracts worth P318.25 million.

A resident of Puerto Princesa City has lodged a complaint agaisnt Mayor Lucilo Bayron and other city officials before the Office of the Ombudsman for the alleged ghost projects and funds misuse.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is drawing hard lessons from the acquisition of its fleet of patrol cars following findings by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the lack of spare parts needed to service the India-made Mahindra police…

The municipal government of Manito in Albay failed to utilize its P400,010 share of national wealth from energy resources in 2015, state auditors said.

The municipal government of Bula in Camarines Sur failed to make its own Gender and Development (GAD) Code in 2015, state auditors said.

The municipality of Rapu-Rapu in Albay failed to implement P16.68 million worth of development projects in 2015, depriving the constituents of the benefits from the fund, state auditors said.

State auditors gave a failing grade to the municipal government of Bombon in Camarines Sur for its failure to convert its open dumpsite to a sanitary landfill, among other violations of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.