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JUST IN: COA flags TESDA for P160 million worth of "highly questionable" NTF-ELCAC spending. NTF-ELCAC activities were not among 2020 appropriation for TESDA, and no SARO was issued by DBM. No legal basis and will "expose funds to misuse or misappropriation." | via
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Auditors said that of the P23 million given to the TESDA office in SOCCSKSARGEN, P6M was used for "questionable activities" like monthly meetings, prepaid loads, transpo, accommodation, office supplies and materials, security, etc. | via
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TESDA said P147 million was taken out of the scholarship funds. They justify that they can use the scholarship funds for a "diverse group of beneficiaries. Auditors rejoinder: why transfer to NTF-ELCAC when the fund is already encompassing? | via
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Strong words from COA: "We recommended that TESDA provide legal authority/ basis for the fund transfers of ₱160,083,401.61 for the implementation of EO No. 70, for this may be a ground for technical malversation of public funds." | via
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COA auditor Rhodora Ugay said DOH should have done procurements with "urgency" considering that some supplies were already with the DBM-PS. "There were opportunities to help our healthcare system that were missed because of delay," said Ugay. |
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Again, all agencies have all year to submit documents, they even held an exit conference, with deadline June 30 as per COA chairman Mike Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo said agencies can still submit after. | via LIVE:
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Rep. Bonito Singson: It's during times like this that every centavo can be the deciding factor of life and death. Ginagawa lang ng COA ang tungkulin nila. It's incumbent of COA to publish their findings. | via LIVE:
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Duque is emotional: COA should also consider that we're not operating under normal circumstances. Winarak na ninyo kami, winarak nyo ang dangal ng DOH, hindi na kami makaharap sa mga tao, wala na po akong tulog. This is unfair, unjust, this judgment.
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Rep Rufus Rodriguez now interpellating. DOH says that for the unused P3 billion foreign aid, P2 billion was for vaccine but the procurement plan didn't push through. DOH says they requested SARO for that, but vaccine procurement didn't push through in 2020. | via
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