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ALL officials of the Department of Tourism who authorized the payment of various illegal allowances and benefits totaling P162.43 million in 2011 and 2012 are liable and obligated to refund the disallowed amount.
THE Commission on Audit (COA) has denied the appeal of former Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) board chairman Prospero Pichay Jr. and other agency officials for the lifting of three Notices of Disallowance (NDs) issued against various allowances and bonuses totaling P97.42 million paid out in 2009.
THE Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has won two petitions for compensation against the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for unpaid service fees in connection with the payout of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
THE Commission on Audit has granted the appeal of former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair and now Sen. Francis Tolentino and former assistant general manager Edenison Fainsan for the lifting of the notice of disallowance issued against the P15 million confidential and intelligence expenses (CIE) of the agency in 2013.
CATANDUANES Gov. Joseph Cua and five other provincial government officials have failed to persuade the Commission on Audit to lift the Notice of Disallowance (ND) issued against the P14.8 million expenditure on intelligence and confidential activities in 2012 and 2013.
A GOVERNMENT official or employee who has been suspended, dismissed or whose appointment has been terminated will be held personally liable for any expenditure or obligation approved after being stripped of authority.
THE Commission on Audit has imposed one-year suspensions without pay against two state auditors and a process server assigned in COA Region 8 for abetting fraud and identity theft.
THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is not liable for the P10.17 million claim for unpaid back wages, separation pay, moral damages, and attorney’s fees filed by six former employees of the Freeport Service Corp. (FSC) for alleged illegal dismissal.