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                                                                                            Status of
Ref.                Observation                       Recommendations                Implementation / Results
                                                                                          of Validation
page     overstating     the     assets    and                                            account as
 31      understating expenses. In addition,                                          recommended (JEV
         the supporting documents were not                                           No. 100-24-12-3416).
         sufficient to justify the propriety of
         charging these expenditures to the
         fund     intended      for    tangible
         development projects in accordance
         with Section 287 of R.A. No. 7160.
         Moreover, the labor requirement
         was not established due to the
         absence of Programs of Work while
         actual work performed was not
         properly measured, thus the
         reasonableness of the man-days
         incurred and the corresponding
         payments could not be validated.
2017     32) Sixteen (16) out of the 20 77) The City Accountant review                     Implemented
AAR,     projects under the Bottom-Up           prior year transactions and make       The City Accountant
 AO      Budgeting (BUB) Program with           the necessary adjusting entries in            issued a
No.3,    unutilized balances totaling ₱21.5     order to reconcile the subsidiary        Certification as of
page     million have yet to be fully           ledgers with the actual fund            December 31, 2024
 30      implemented despite the availability   utilization.                          that “All Bottom-up
         of cash for their immediate                                                  (BUB) funds received
         implementation due to the lack of                                                  by the City
         systematic technical support, project                                         Government of Bais
         monitoring and inherent capacity                                                 have been fully
         constraints, thereby defeating the                                              utilized, and any
         purpose of accelerated service                                                remaining unutilized
         delivery of programs that seek to                                              balances have been
         reduce poverty.                                                                duly remitted to the
                                                                                           Bureau of the
         (Part III, AAR 2021: Completed the                                                 Treasury.”
         CY 2015 BUB project for road
         construction worth ₱1.5 million.)
2017     33) The City DRRM Council did 78) Management             submit       the     Unimplemented In
AAR,     not include the list of projects and  corresponding LDRRMC and SP                 CY 2024,SP
 AO      activities charged to the unexpended  Resolutions       and       revised     Resolution No. 281,
 No.     LDRRMF of previous years              LDRRMFIP           and        AIPs         s. of 2016 and
 12,     summing up to approximately           authorizing the utilization of         CDRRMC Resolution
page     ₱50.98 million in the annual          ₱4.28 million from the CYs 2012        No 1, s. of 2016 were
 51      LDRRMFIP in accordance with the       and 2013 balances transferred to       submitted. However,
         requirement of COA Circular No.       the TF.                                  Management still
         2012-002 and NDRRMC-DBM-                                                       lacked the revised
         DILG JMC No. 2013-1, hence the                                               LDRRMFIP and AIP.
         same was not incorporated in the
         Local Development Plan and the
         Annual Work and Financial Plan
         duly approved by the SP, preventing
         its utilization for DRRM activities.
2016     34) The City government stands to 79) Management            immediately          Implemented
AAR,     lose ₱930,000.00 should it fail to    surrender its stock certificates to       The remaining
 AO      recover an investment in the Bais     the manager of BACONSEPZ,                   balance of
No. 5,   City Oriental Negros Special          who is currently an employee of          ₱330,000.00 was



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