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                                                                               Status of
Reference          Observation             Recommendations                 Implementation/
                                                                          Result of Validation
2020 AAR;    The City granted           40. The City Accountant           Not Implemented
AO No. 5;    COVID-19         Hazard        together with the heads
Page No.     Pay to its personnel           of other concerned            Certification was not
56           who          physically        offices     submit      the   issued in the target year
             reported for work at           following documents to        2023.
             their respective offices       the Auditor to determine
             or work stations during        compliance with the
             the implementation of          conditions on the grant
             the           Enhanced         of COVID-19 Hazard
             Community                      Pay set forth in
             Quarantine (ECQ) in            Paragraph 4 of DBM
             the total amount of            Budget Circular No.
             ₱5,851,543.42 without          2020-01 dated March
             the          supporting        24, 2020, to wit:
             documents necessary           a. Authority from the
             to            determine          head of agency/office
             compliance with the              directing the personnel
             pertinent provisions of          to render        service
             DBM Budget Circular              during the period of
             No. 2020-1 dated                 the ECQ stating the
             March 24, 2020. Thus,            prescribed       official
             the propriety and                working hours as well
             regularity of the grant          as the entitlement of
             could       not       be         the COVID-19 hazard
             ascertained.                     pay; and
                                           b. Certification by the
                                              City Accountant that
                                              personnel who were
                                              granted      COVID-19
                                              Hazard Pay had not
                                              been paid with any
                                              other type of hazard
                                              pay under existing
                                              laws.
2020 AAR;    Insufficient profiling     41. Management establish a        Not Implemented
AO No. 7 ;   of beneficiaries and           comprehensive database
Page No.     lack of validation             of low-income families        As of December 31,
58           using     the    Social        to               facilitate   2024,   comprehensive
             Amelioration     Cards         identification         and    database is still on
             (SACs)        in   the         validation of target          procurement process.
             implementation of the          beneficiaries for social
             Emergency Subsidy              work, disaster risk
             Program          (SEP)         reduction management
             through the Social             and      other     similar
             Amelioration Program           initiatives of the City.
             (SAP)       of     the
             Department of Social
             Welfare            and
             Development
             (DSWD), contrary to


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