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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another video on Robredo ‘going behind bars’ over COA flags MISLEADS

By VERA Files | Aug 18, 2022 4:39 PM

A Facebook post revived reports about state auditors flagging last month the Office of the Vice President (OVP) under Leni Robredo and falsely implied that she is heading to prison. Published on Aug. 14, the post carried a video with a headline that read: “MATINDI TO! LENLEN IYAK TINULDU KAN na DIGONG Pres MARCOS EBDENSYA NILABAS […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos MISLEAD, imply Robredo will be jailed over COA flagging

By VERA Files | Aug 01, 2022 10:11 AM

Two videos with similar inaccurate headlines misleadingly claimed former Vice President Leni Robredo could soon be spending time in jail after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged her old office in its 2021 audit report. The inaccurate videos with the misleading claim first appeared on July 19, then again on July 24. One of the […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo-led OVP did NOT ‘hide P25M’ from COA

By vera files fact check | Jul 28, 2022 7:56 AM

A misleading video circulating online is implying that the Commission on Audit (COA) was looking for P25 million “hidden” by former vice president Leni Robredo. Nothing was hidden from COA. The funds in question were not missing as incorrectly implied, but were flagged for being used for a different purpose. The July 22 video posted […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that foreign donations for Yolanda victims unaudited FALSE

By VERA Files | Dec 09, 2021 1:58 PM

Based on its 2014 report, COA created audit teams that focused on the sources and receipt of foreign aid, the release of local funds by the budget department and other offices, the inter-agency transfer of funds, procurement and logistics, and the distribution of goods and services.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sa pangalawang pagkakataon, Duterte inulit ang maling pahayag tungkol sa COA audit mandate

By VERA Files | Sep 28, 2021 10:40 AM

Muling sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na may “constitutional mandate” ang Commission on Audit (COA) na i-audit ang Philippine Red Cross (PRC), isang independent, autonomous, non-government organization. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: For the second time, Duterte inaccurately cites COA audit mandate

By VERA FILES | Sep 28, 2021 10:15 AM

President Duterte once more claimed that the Commission on Audit has a “constitutional mandate” to audit the Philippine Red Cross, an independent, autonomous, non-government organization. This needs context.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Duque is NOT going to jail over the COA-flagged P67B DOH funds

By VERA Files | Sep 06, 2021 10:50 AM

There is no report of any imprisonment as there are no cases filed against the health secretary, although the Senate blue ribbon committee and the House committee on public accounts began last month separate inquiries into the DOH’s handling of COVID-19 multi-billion funds following a recent Commission on Audit (COA) report flagging “deficiencies” in the agency’s pandemic budget.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report on COA ‘suing’ OVP for unutilized funds bears FALSE HEADLINE

By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2020 7:16 PM

COA made no such claim in its 2019 audit of the Office of the Vice President (OVP)

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post twists COA findings on CHR

By VERA FILES | Aug 13, 2018 6:31 PM

A website with a history of publishing false content twisted a recent COA report on the CHR

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Website FALSELY links Noynoy Aquino to the stalled P557.8-M projects in Cebu

By VERA Files | May 29, 2018 8:47 PM

While COA discovered earlier this year that the multimillion-peso projects remained in limbo, one of the story’s “fact check” sources – a May 20 Philippine Star report – makes no mention of Aquino.

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