Thursday, May 26, 2022
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home News Top Stories

Red flag on DepEd’s P1.9 billion

Rio N. ArajabyRio N. Araja
October 31, 2020, 2:10 am
in Top Stories
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
242
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

The Commission on Audit has flagged the Department of Education for unliquidated cash advances of P1.9 billion in 2019.

The report was released days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered a government-wide crackdown on corruption.

The Department of Justice-led task force mandated to probe corruption in the entire government was formally constituted yesterday as its members agreed on the parameters for determining which allegation of corruption or anomalies will be considered as priority.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the task force will set up an operations center at the DOJ to receive, filter, and validate complaints and reports of corrupt activities in government.

“Our objectives are to investigate and prosecute acts of corruption, expedite the resolution of pending corruption cases, and launch a campaign or advocacy to prevent further acts of corruption,” he said.

ADVERTISEMENT

In an annual audit report, state auditors said the unliquidated cash advances included unsettled accountabilities due from retired, resigned, transferred or deceased former personnel of regional offices in Cagayan Valley, the Bicol region and Eastern Visayas. Similar unsettled accounts were observed in the subdivision offices of Cadiz City and Nueva Ecija.

Aging unliquidated advances totaled P1.158 billion in the DepEd Central Office and in nine regional offices, the COA said. Of this total,P907.86 million was granted during the year, while P250.47 million involved cash advances granted in previous years that have been due for over one to 10 years.

DepEd’s Region 5 had the highest amount of unliquidated cash advance of P445.5 million, followed by Region 6 with P411 million, Region 12 with P290.3 million, Metro Manila with P158.9 million, Region 13 with P125.6 million, Central Office with P101.8 million, Region 4B with P93.9 million, Region 9 with P79.5 million and Region 1 with P70 million.

The rest were Region 10 with P59.8 million, Region 3 with P34.7 million, Region 8 with P15.7 million, Region 2 with P15.3 million, Region 11 with P14.8 million and Region 7 with P4.7 million.

COA urged the DepEd to strictly comply with its guidelines and COA rules and regulations on the granting, liquidation and monitoring of cash advances and issuance of demand letters to accountable officers to pay their advances.

“In case of failure to comply, DepEd should implement the withholding of salaries or any money due to them, including appropriate legal sanctions pursuant to Article 218 of the Revised Penal Code for failure to render accounts,” the commission stated.

“After all the possible measures were undertaken to ascertain the details of the account and proven futile, [DepEd should] request authority to write off said accounts from the Commission on Audit, in accordance with COA Circular No. 97-001 dated February 5, 1997 and COA Circular No. 2016-005 dated December 19, 2016,” it said.

Meanwhile, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan, ordered the conduct of a lifestyle check among police officers.

“This would be made by the IMEG (Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group), together with IAS (Internal Affairs Service), so that we would be able to see what’s happening with our people now,” Cascolan said in a press briefing in Camp Crame on Friday.

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the police force and other attached agencies under his office would cooperate with the task force that would go after perpetrators of corruption in government.

“We have carried out many reforms but we must continue them as there are still bad eggs who need to be removed from office. The program to get rid of them is continuous with the National Police Commission,” Año said in a mix of Filipino and English in a radio interview.

He said the interior department has been relentless in weeding out corruption even before the President issued the order.

“We have suspended many mayors and some have been removed from office due to corruption issues. We have a good collaboration with the Ombudsman and the Office of the President,” Año said.

In a recorded public address on Tuesday, Duterte said the Justice Department may prosecute and file charges against those involved in anomalies.

He added that the directive would be in effect until June 30, 2022, unless sooner lifted or revoked.

The Office of the Ombudsman on Friday welcomed the Department of Justice-led investigation into the alleged corrupt activities in the government bureaucracy.

“The directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to Secretary Menardo Guevarra to investigate allegations of corruption in the government is most welcome. Secretary Guevarra is an intelligent and decent public servant who is well-respected by his peers and colleagues,” Ombudsman Samuel Martires said.

“Given this partnership, there is absolutely no basis to detract or underestimate the laudable objectives of the President in creating the DOJ mega task force,” he added.

The Ombudsman and DOJ have been partners in the Inter-Agency Anti-Graft Coordinating Council, he said.

“In any case, investigations conducted by the DOJ involving complaints of corruption are subject to the evaluation of the Ombudsman,” Martires added

Rey E. Requejo

Tags: Commission on AuditDepartment of Educationunliquidated cash advances
ADVERTISEMENT
Rio N. Araja

Rio N. Araja

Related Posts

Proclamation of party-lists with DQ raps on hold

byVito Barcelo
May 26, 2022, 12:50 am
0
128
Vax wastage, infection surge feared in Odette-hit areas

Winning party-list groups with pending disqualification cases before the Commission on Elections cannot be proclaimed yet, citing precedent in previous...

Read more

Early signs of COVID-19 surge noted, but not sustained so far

byWillie Casas
May 26, 2022, 12:40 am
0
132
BBM, Sara to resume stumping together; Bicol groups back UniTeam

A health expert on Wednesday said the early signals of a COVID-19 resurgence have been observed, but none have been...

Read more

Lawyer-blogger named Press Secretary

byRey E. Requejo
May 26, 2022, 12:30 am
0
136
Teen kills 19 children in Texas school

Lawyer, radio commentator, and online vlogger Rose Beatrix “Trixie” Cruz-Angeles has accepted the nomination as press secretary of the incoming...

Read more

Teen kills 19 children in Texas school

byAFP
May 26, 2022, 12:20 am
0
130
Teen kills 19 children in Texas school

A teenage gunman killed at least 19 young children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday,...

Read more

BBM, Sara’s proclamation set

byRey E. Requejoand2 others
May 25, 2022, 1:00 am
0
1.2k
Leni won’t challenge tallying, trusts integrity of result

Congress to end canvassing today, declare new President, VP Congress, sitting as National Board of Canvassers for president and vice...

Read more

Leni won’t challenge tallying, trusts integrity of result

byVito Barcelo
May 25, 2022, 12:55 am
0
396
Leni won’t challenge tallying, trusts integrity of result

The camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Tuesday declared no objection to...

Read more

Stories you may like

  • Ex-Naga dad links Leni’s brother-in-law to illegal drugs

    Ex-Naga dad links Leni’s brother-in-law to illegal drugs

    36010 shares
    Share 14404 Tweet 9003
  • Of course, it was BBM’s project

    30392 shares
    Share 12157 Tweet 7598
  • INC endorses BBM, Sara

    28690 shares
    Share 11476 Tweet 7173
  • Duterte’s seven biggest achievements

    19131 shares
    Share 7652 Tweet 4783
  • Marcos leads SWS survey on presidentiables at 50%

    13546 shares
    Share 5418 Tweet 3387

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • Proclamation of party-lists with DQ raps on hold
  • Early signs of COVID-19 surge noted, but not sustained so far
  • Lawyer-blogger named Press Secretary
  • Teen kills 19 children in Texas school
  • Felicitations to our next leaders
  • Getting serious on e-sabong
  • The new military retirement law
  • Pasensya this

Advertisement

Latest News

Getting serious on e-sabong

byCharlie V. Manalo
May 26, 2022, 12:10 am
0
132
Denying Villafuerte justice

"I hope the incoming administration maintains its opposition to this." Sometime last year, I wrote an article regarding the ills...

Read more

The new military retirement law

byFlorencio Fianza
May 26, 2022, 12:05 am
0
133
Money matters

"The AFP’s revolving- door policy is now gone." The Palace recently released R.A. No. 11709, the new military retirement law....

Read more

Pasensya this

byChin Wong
May 26, 2022, 12:00 am
0
130
RSA: Mr. Malasakit, the environmentalist

"In this country, the lot of consumers is to suffer." For eight days now, my household has been internet-free. Now...

Read more

Govt shuts down 7 e-sabong sites

byManila Standard
May 25, 2022, 11:50 pm
0
132
Sermonia poised to replace Carlos as new PNP chief

The government has taken down seven illegal e-sabong websites, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. DILG...

Read more

Police barricade

byManny Palmero
May 25, 2022, 11:49 pm
0
130
Biodiversity exhibit

Members of the Quezon City Police District form a barricade in front of multisectoral groups protesting at the Commission on...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Technology
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • MS ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Pets
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App