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        suggested retail price (SRP) of the
        Department of Health (DOH) under
        Circular No. 2020-0133 dated March 12,
        2020 and Memoranda Nos. 2020-0250 and
        2020-0250-A dated May 24, 2020 and
        June 2, 2020, respectively, contrary to
        GPPB Circular No. 01-2020 dated April 6,
        2020, resulting to a price variance of
        ₱51,979.00 which could have been made
        available for other COVID-19 related
        expenses.

AAR    32.     The Municipality granted COVID-19 47. Likewise,     we     recommended    that               Unimplemented
2020     Hazard Pay to its 170 personnel who         Management submit copy of the approved         The approved contracts of
p.52     physically reported for work at their       contracts of personnel under COS and JO        personnel under the COS and JO
         respective offices or work stations during  scheme.                                        schemes had not yet been
         the implementation of the Enhanced                                                         submitted.
         Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the total
         amount of ₱1,561,250.00 without the
         supporting documents necessary to
         determine compliance with the pertinent
         provisions of DBM Budget Circular No.
         2020-1 dated March 24, 2020. Thus, the
         propriety and regularity of the grant could
         not be ascertained.

AAR    33.     The Municipality granted hazard pay 48. We recommended that the Municipal                     Implemented
2020     amounting to ₱39,411.90 to its nine Public    Accountant require all the PHWs to support
p.53     Health Workers (PHWs) assigned at its         their claims for hazard pay with proof of
         Rural Health Unit and in 22 barangays         actual exposure to specific health hazards
         without considering actual exposure to        and occupational risks with certification

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