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                                                                         Status of
Ref.           Observation             Recommendation          Implementation/Result
                                                                      s of Validation
, AO appropriated      for    the        utilize the 70 per    The preparedness portion
no.  LDRRMF Mitigation Fund,             cent        budget    of the LDRRM Fund was
12,  only 35.06 per cent or              allocation      for   still not optimally utilized
page ₱4,571,981.75 was utilized          disaster              because                other
40   in CY 2023, contrary to RA          prevention,           procurement        activities
     No. 10121 and the DILG              mitigation,    and    and       projects     were
and  MC No. 2012-73 dated                preparedness, to      prioritized.
     April 17, 2012, thereby not         better prepare the
AAR optimally utilizing the              Municipality for
2022 LDRRM          funds     and        future calamities
, AO compromising              the
no.  Municipality’s
14,  preparedness and resilience
page to disasters and calamities.
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                                    26. The        LDRRM       Realistic and attainable
                                        Council      ensure    programs and projects
                                        that the programs      had been included in the
                                        and         projects   LDRRM Plan and AIP.
                                        included in its
                                        LDRRM Plan and
                                        AIP are realistic
                                        and attainable.
AAR Because of the lack of 27. The               Municipal     Unimplemented
2023 accounting personnel in            Mayor:
, AO handling manual recording                                 Appropriation for e-
no. 1, and       reporting       of     enjoin           the   NGAS would be made in
page transactions, the Municipal        Sanggunian to set      the following year.
22     Accountant was unable to         aside             an
       submit the complete set of       appropriation for
       year-end trial balances (TB)     the installation of
       and financial statements         the electronic New
       (FS) for the calendar year       Government
       (CY) 2022 on time,               Accounting
       contrary to Sections 70, 72,     System           (e-
       and 76 of the New                NGAS), which is
       Government Accounting            made available by
       System (NGAS) Manual             the Commission,
       for Local Government             to hasten the work
       Units (LGUs), Volume I,          of the Office of the


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