A Caloocan City resident wants to stop two local measures for allegedly being railroaded by the council, including an ordinance granting a pay hike for government personnel working in the city.
An umbrella organization representing some 120,000 military and police retirees and veterans wants Congress to allocate P17 billion to settle pension arrears accumulated in the last 13 years.
The Commission on Audit (COA) has questioned the Taguig City government about how it spent P144.66 million in community development funds, particularly on two projects worth P76.66 million that did not meet program objectives.
Camarines Sur Gov. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte Jr. said the questions raised by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the “Survivor” and marathon deals have been answered by the provincial government, calling these “recycled issues.”
The mysterious nongoverment organization (NGO) that was the alleged recipient of millions of pesos in pork barrel funds apparently cannot even afford to pay the monthly rental on its tiny office space in Quezon City.
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile has called on the Commission on Audit not to allow itself to be used by anybody for “political or partisan ends.”
The Supreme Court stopped the Commission on Audit from enforcing a notice of disallowance against the performance bonuses of employees of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).
The P302.8 million in bonuses the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) allegedly gave its employees in 2011 went to pay their “unpaid taxes and other benefits,” PCSO chairperson Margarita Juico said on Monday.
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has come out to clear the air after being put in the hot seat by findings of the 2011 audit report on the agency.
The five members of the current Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board of directors received more than P9 million in unauthorized salaries and allowances in 2011, according to an audit report for the year by the Commission on Audit (COA).
A state auditor has been meted a six-month suspension without pay for receiving allowances from the Home Guaranty Corp. (HGC), a government-owned corporation that he was assigned to audit.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV denied reports that he was the top spender in 2011 in the Senate based on a Commission on Audit (COA) report.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is planning to recommend to Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile the issuance of a circular detailing the Commission on Audit’s rules on the liquidation of the Senate’s billions of pesos in funds for maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE).
