COA flags DOLE bureau over unliquidated funds

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The Commission on Audit (File photo from the Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns of the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) over the P64.4-million unliquidated fund transfers for sugar industry workers affected by the pandemic. The COA said the funds intended as financial assistance to the affected workers had remained unliquidated.

—Nestor Corrales

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