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                                                                                       Status of
 Ref.              Observation                    Recommendation               Implementation/Results of
                                                                                      Validation
          collection of delinquent taxes,        remedies through the          made their partial payments
          contrary to pertinent provisions       issuance of a warrant on      and signed compromise
          of RA No. 7160 and Manual on           or        before,      or     agreements.
          Real Property Appraisal and            simultaneously with, the
          Assessment Operations, thus,           institution of the civil      This is reiterated in the audit
          depriving the Municipality of          action for the collection     of CY 2024 accounts as
          potential revenues that could          of delinquent taxes.          Audit Observation (AO) No.
          have been used to finance its                                        12.
          various programs, projects, and
          activities.
AAR       Only 22.79 per cent or             29. The GAD Focal Point Unimplemented
2023,     ₱3,851,000.00 of the total             System (GFPS):
AO no.    GAD budget amounting to                                              The appropriation for 2024
20,       ₱16,898,203.00 was utilized in         Ensure      that    budget    had not been optimally
page      CY 2023, contrary to RA No.            allocation for GAD is         utilized. However, in CY
49        9710 and PCW-DILG-DBM-                 optimally utilized in         2025, the GAD Plan and
          NEDA Joint Memorandum                  providing         adequate    Budget included those items
and       Circular No. 2013-1, thereby           facilities and services, to   that were realistic and
          not optimally utilizing the            address gender issues and     attainable to increase the
AAR       GAD funds and jeopardizing             the GAD mandate of the        utilization             and
2022,     the attainment of GAD goals.           LGU;                          implementation rate.
AO no.                                       30. Prepare a more realistic      Unimplemented
11,                                              and attainable GAD Plan
page                                             and Budget (GPB) to           Realistic and attainable GPB
42                                               ensure that GAD projects      had already been prepared in
                                                 and activities will be        CY 2025.
                                                 carried out in accordance
                                                 with the approved plan;
                                                 and
                                             31. Establish an effective        Unimplemented
                                                 monitoring             and
                                                 evaluation system to          The     Monitoring       and
                                                 monitor                 the   Evaluation Committee had
                                                 implementation of the         already been created. It was
                                                 annual GPB.                   yet to be established to
                                                                               promote     an     effective
                                                                               monitoring and evaluation
                                                                               system        in         the
                                                                               implementation     of    the
                                                                               annual GPB.
AAR       Procurement of drugs and           32. The MHO, henceforth,          Implemented
2022,     medicines totaling ₱94,724.00          ensure that drugs and
AO no.    was not supported by the               medicines procured are        Most of the medicines
4, page   appropriate certification of the       included in the PNF 10th      procured were included in
29        requisitioning           officer       Edition (2022) or the         the PNF, and if not, they had
          indicating that the drug               latest edition applicable     been properly supported
          products conform with the              thereof, pursuant to DOH      with     the     appropriate
          Philippine National Formulary          AO No. 2016-0034 dated        approval.
          (PNF) Volume I, contrary to            August       9,      2016,

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