COA: Transparency not assured in P600-M COVID-19 procurement deals of Marikina City mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Published June 28, 2021, 9:41 AM
The Commission on Audit has red flagged transactions made by the Office of Solicitor General in its 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response.
COA disclosed in its 2020 annual audit report for the OSG that the government’s legal counsel has procured P1.49 million worth of medical supplies during the year. It raised two issues on the COVID-19 transactions.
“The required publication of documents relative to procurement of medical supplies totaling P1,492,988.01 in the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB) online portal, website of the procuring entity or at any conspicuous place pursuant to Section 4 of Republic Act No. 11494 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act was not complied with,” COA Director Michael Bacani wrote in the report sent to Solicitor General Jose Calida.
The Commission on Elections Special Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec-SBAC) has allocated P55 million for the procurement of Automated Election System (AES) Certification Services by an International Certification Entity for the May 2022 polls.
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The Commission on Audit (COA) has raised serious questions over the regularity of over P442.23 million in negotiated procurement of supplies, goods and services made by the Office of Civil Defense as part of the agency’s emergency response to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic situatio
Published May 20, 2021, 10:11 AM
The Commission on Audit (COA) has warned it would issue notices of audit suspension to the Davao del Sur provincial government as state auditors questioned officials on the distribution of some P70.71 million worth of relief goods distributed to families adversely affected by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) epidemic.
COA had also issued demand letters asking former and incumbent officials to liquidate various amounts in cash advances they received as of December 31, 2020.
Davao del Sur Gov. Douglas RA. Cagas was listed as having failed to liquidate P8.75 million in cash advances taken from the province’s confidential fund, COA records showed. Unliquidated cash advances for 2020 totaled P9,634,732.27 “Incomplete data in the province’s Distribution List Templates used to document the relief goods costing P70,711,445.75 which were released to those affected by the province-wide emergency health lockdowns, contrary to Section 2 and 4 of P