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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa MALI sa pagsasabing ‘may discretion’ ang mga LGU sa paggastos ng confidential funds

By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2023 1:27 PM

Ang Joint Circular 2015-01 ay nagtatalaga ng mga partikular na aktibidad kung saan ang mga confidential fund ay maaari at hindi maaaring magamit. Hindi ito nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan na magpasya sa mga LGU na gumastos ng mga confidential fund sa paraang gusto nila.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa WRONG in saying LGUs ‘have discretion’ in spending confidential funds

By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2023 1:27 PM

Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has claimed that local government units (LGUs) “have the discretion” in using confidential funds. This is wrong. Dela Rosa took up the cudgels for Vice President Sara Duterte, who was reported to have spent P2.69-billion confidential funds when she was mayor of Davao City from 2016 to 2022. Joint Circular […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ombudsman nag-flip-flop sa paglalathala ng mga COA report

By VERA Files | Sep 26, 2023 2:41 PM

Sa isang pagdinig ng House appropriations committee noong Setyembre 11, hiniling ni Ombudsman Samuel Martires sa Kongreso na tanggalin ang utos sa Commission on Audit na ilathala ang Audit Observation Memorandum nito dahil lumilikha ito ng mga pahiwatig na nasuhulan ang kanyang opisina para ibasura ang kaso samantalang ang kakulangan sa audit ay hindi pagsumite lamang ng mga resibo.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ombudsman flip-flops on publication of COA reports

By VERA Files | Sep 26, 2023 2:41 PM

After calling on Congress to remove from the General Appropriations Act a provision requiring the Commission on Audit to publish Audit Observation Memorandum, Ombudsman Samuel Martires changed his tune two days later, saying that what he actually meant was the removal of the requirement to publish COA’s Annual Audit Reports.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Zubiri na maaaring gamitin ang confidential funds para sa pagkukumpuni ng mga silid-aralan hindi totoo

By VERA Files | Dec 01, 2022 12:29 PM

Mali ang pahayag ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri noong Nob. 7 na maaaring gamitin ang confidential funds sa pagkukumpuni ng mga silid-aralan.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri inaccurately claims that confidential funds can be used for repair of classrooms

By VERA Files | Dec 01, 2022 12:29 PM

A 2015 Commission on Audit (COA) set of guidelines defines confidential expenses as lump sum amounts for “surveillance activities in civilian government agencies.” It categorically states that “in no case shall (confidential or intelligence funds) be used for … construction or acquisition of buildings or housing structures.”

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Tatlong bagay na kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa mga confidential at intelligence fund

By VERA Files | Nov 30, 2022 1:15 PM

Inaprubahan ng Senado noong Nob. 23 ang panukalang P5.27 trillion na pambansang budget para sa 2023. Ni-realign nito ang hindi bababa sa P170 milyon na confidential na pondo ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng gobyerno sa kanilang maintenance at iba pang operating expenses.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds

By VERA Files | Nov 30, 2022 1:15 PM

What are confidential and intelligence funds? For what can these be used?

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cardema falsely claims no disallowances were issued to NYC

By VERA Files | Oct 10, 2022 5:56 PM

In its 2021 audit report, COA ordered NYC to refund certain amounts of unauthorized or unsubstantiated prepaid load cards as well as irregular and unnecessary expenditures. It had previously issued notices of disallowance after flagging excessive claims of travel and meals in 2018 and “expenses not in accordance with existing government rules and regulations” in 2019.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Cardema na walang mga disallowance na inisyu sa NYC hindi totoo

By VERA Files | Oct 10, 2022 5:56 PM

Bilang pagtugon sa mga alegasyon ng katiwalian sa National Youth Commission (NYC), sinabi
ni Chairperson Ronald Cardema na walang mga notice of disallowance na inilabas ang
Commission on Audit (COA) sa ahensya. Ito ay hindi totoo.

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