According to the Audit Observation Memorandum of the
COA, the bidding for the Official Development Assistance-funded Kaliwa Dam project was done 'in the guise of being a competitive procurement process.' The
COA also pointed out the allegedly intentional noncompliance with qualification requirements by two of the three Chinese contractors.
Of these,
COA said 3,784 projects worth P107.2 billion were not finished on time, 291 projects worth P8.819 billion were suspended; 18 projects worth P218.2 million were terminated.
The state auditor stressed that the department has already been working with
COA on the matter and that it has already submitted its explanation on the audit observations.
In its 2018 report,
COA flagged irregularities in DepEd's delivery and procurement of learning materials, as well as of the quality of those that are used by learners and teachers in public schools.
In the
COA 2018 Annual Audit Report, the recorded balance of leave credits is doubtful because it does not follow Section 25 of Omnibus Rules on Leave.
pork tainted with ractopamine -- a drug used to promote leanness in animals raised for their meat -- will not be allowed into Taiwan, Lin Chia-jung, deputy director of the
COA's International Affairs Department, told CNA, citing
COA Minister Chen Chi-chung.
Seven state associations of the BCCI are understood to have written to the Committee of Administrators (
CoA), the body responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the board, to immediately suspend Johri after he was accused of sexual harassment by a woman during his stint at Discovery Channel.
In the meeting, the BCCI members observed that the
CoA has indulged in continuous missives to tie the hands and feet of experienced administrators of BCCI by bypassing provisions of the BCCI constitution.
The purpose of a decision support matrix is to quantify the advantages of different
COA options.
said that the independent analysis was conducted on advice of town counsel after questions were raised in April about the relationship between the
COA, its executive director Judith A.
"I've been able to piece together part of this puzzle, but we can't write this history without other people contributing," said Weintraub, who served as
CoA chair in 1989.