DoT failed to use full budget in 2016
The Department of Tourism has failed to use 41.55 percent of its budget in 2016, equivalent to P1.522 billion, and ...
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Airport cops gear up for anti-terror drive
THE Manila International Airport Authority has deployed security personnel equipped with assault rifles, machine pistols and bullet proof vests. The ...
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Licuanan top earner in Cabinet
COMMISSION on Higher Education Chairwoman Patricia Licuanan was the top earner among President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet officials in 2016, according ...
Read moreDND misused relief fund–CoA
THE Commission on Audit said on Thursday that the Department of National Defense has incurred P74,672,986.72 in unauthorized expenses from ...
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Tadeco: Audit results not applicable to BuCor deal
The initial findings of the Commission on Audit that was partly the basis of the Office of the Solicitor General ...
Read moreTadeco-Bucor deal voided
THE Commission on Audit’s special team has recommended the dissolution of a joint venture agreement between the Bureau of Corrections ...
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Gina’s 55 ‘ghosts’ bared
THE Commission on Audit has ordered Environment Secretary Regina Lopez to justify the hiring of 55 highly-paid “ghost employees” receiving ...
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DAR-7 brass told to return P14.18m
THE Commission on Audit has ordered the Department of Agrarian Reform in Region 7 in Cebu City to return P14.18 ...
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COA rules hamper athletes
TALENTED athletes from cities and municipalities within Metro Manila are struggling in their effort to get rubber shoes and other ...
Read moreCoA clears ERC over bidding
THE Commission on Audit has cleared the Energy Regulatory Commission over the bidding for its audio-visual project that was raised ...
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