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                                                                                             Status of
Ref.               Observation                        Recommendations                 Implementation / Results
                                                                                           of Validation
                                                 of the Revised Penal Code, that
                                                 the public funds were disbursed
                                                 for their personal use or benefit.
2022    17) The City did not fully comply    49) Management direct the LDRRM              Unimplemented
AAR,    with the reporting, monitoring, and      Officer, in coordination with the      In CY 2024, the City
 AO     posting requirements for the sources     City Accountant, to prepare the         Accounting Office
No.9,   and uses of the LDRRMF amounting         required reports on the sources         had only submitted
page    to        ₱230,468,305.09         and    and uses of the LDRRMF, to            the monthly report of
 66     ₱75,956,392.72, respectively, as         submit these monthly within the       the LDRRMF held in
        stipulated in COA Circular Nos.          prescribed time frames, and                  the STF.
        2012-002 and 2014-002, including         furnish these to the regulatory
        cash donations amounting to ₱3.7         offices prescribed in COA
        million and donations in kind            Circular Nos. 2012-002 and
        totaling     ₱546,968.00,       hence    2014-002.
        providing lesser transparency in
        monitoring the utilization of the
        funds intended to strengthen the
        capacity of the City and its residents
        in reducing the risks of calamities.
2022    18) The CYs 2012 to 2017 50) The LDRRMC pass a resolution                          Implemented
AAR,    unutilized balances of the QRF and     reverting the CYs 2012 to 2017              The LDRRMC
 AO     Mitigation     Fund      under     the LDRRMF unspent balances to                   reverted the
 No.    LDRRMF totaling ₱19,630,656.22         the unappropriated surplus of the      remaining balance of
 11,    as of the end of CY 2022 under the     GF for adoption by the SP thru          all unspent balances
page    STF were not reverted to the           the City Development Council;             for CYs 2013 and
 71     unappropriated surplus of the GF                                              2017, thru Resolution
        despite the lapse of the 5-year                                                  No. 486, series of
        validity period due to lack of proper                                          2024, Ordinance No.
        monitoring, contrary to Section                                                  37 and Resolution
        5.1.13 of COA Circular No. 2012-                                                 No. 818, series of
        002, thereby precluding the                                                    2024, Ordinance No.
        utilization of the same for the                                               68 for the funds to be
        promotion and delivery of social                                              transferred to the GF
        services.                                                                       and made available
                                                                                        for Social Services.
2021    19) Various PPE and inventories 51) Management gather complete                    Unimplemented
AAR,    damaged/destroyed by the onslaught    documentation, especially the                   Ongoing
 AO     of Typhoon Odette in December         Property        Acknowledgment          implementation of the
No.1,   2021, disclosed as summing up to      Receipts/           Memorandum             recommendation.
page    ₱499,529,539.10, still remained       Receipts indicating the value of
 31     recorded in the books without any     the properties requested for relief
        losses recognized in accordance with  and the Head of Agency’s
        paragraph 44 of IPSAS 12 and          comments and recommendations
        paragraphs 52 and 54 of IPSAS 21      on the individual requests filed,
        since the request for relief from     and resubmit the Request for
        accountability for such properties    Relief from Accountability on
        could not be approved due to          the damaged/washed out items
        incomplete      and/or      deficient with justification on the delay in
        documentation as required under       the submission of both the
        COA Memorandum No. 92-751             Notice of Loss and the Request
        dated February 24, 1992, hence,       for Relief, pursuant to COA
        overstating the related asset         Memorandum No. 92-751.
        accounts, understating the losses,



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