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A COMPLIANCE audit on the Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) has flagged the procurement of 22 desktop and laptop computers in August and December 22 for “contract splitting” and excessive cost per unit of the 12 laptops purchased without public bidding.
CRIMINAL and administrative complaints were filed last November 23 before the Office of the Ombudsman against Bohol Rep. Edgar Chatto, his wife Balilihan, Bohol Mayor Pureza Chatto, district engineers Francis Antonio Flores and John Paul Gascon, and businessman Joniever Achacoso of JA Achacoso Enterprises and General Services over alleged irregularities attending two local water supply projects in 2021.
THE National Housing Authority’s (NHA) soft policy in imposing sanctions against shelter beneficiaries is causing the agency to further bleed billions yearly due to low collection ranging from 36 to 55 percent from 2015 to 2022.
ARE the lowest-ranked uniformed personnel in the police, military, and related services still eligible as beneficiaries of government-subsidized shelters even after their salaries doubled since 2011 when the program was launched?
THE Commission on Audit has asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to review and explain unliquidated fund transfers totaling P2.694 billion made by its predecessor agencies to the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC).
THE Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied a motion filed by prosecutors from the Office of the Ombudsman to withdraw a graft case against former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) executive director Aloysius Jardin.
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 Commission on Audit has upheld the validity of the claim filed by Astoria Hotels and Resorts against the Commission on High Education for unpaid billing dating back four years but said the CHED cannot be obligated to pay since the signatory to the petition was not duly authorized.