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                                                                                        Status of
 Ref.              Observation                      Recommendation               Implementation/Results of
                                                                                       Validation
          Executive Order (EO) No. 49 s.          otherwise, the appropriate
          1993, and Section VII of the            approval of exemption
          Department of Health (DOH)              request should support
          Administrative Order (AO)               the procurement.
          No. 2016-0034 dated August 9,
          2016, thus, there is no
          assurance     of    the     cost-
          effectiveness and safety of the
          medicines procured.
AAR       The Due to NGAs account,            33. The Municipal Mayor Unimplemented
2022,     with a total balance of                 ensure that the Bids and
AO no.    ₱30,361,285.80,         includes        Awards Committee and           The root cause of having
8, page   various fund transfers from             the Municipal Engineer         limited heavy equipment and
35        national government agencies            prioritize            the      manpower has still not been
          amounting to ₱17,037,699.62             implementation         of      addressed. However, the
          (or 56%), which have remained           projects funded by grants      Municipal          Engineer
          outstanding for over two years,         from various national          explained that these issues
          contrary to the provisions of           government      agencies,      are being addressed in CY
          COA Circular No. 94-013                 especially those with          2025.
          dated December 13, 1994,                ongoing       and     for
          thereby depriving the intended          implementation status, by
          beneficiaries of the benefits           the specific purposes as
          that could have been derived            stated       in       the
          therefrom and the source                Memorandum             of
          agencies of the opportunity to          Agreement.
          put the resources to better use
          in other activities or agencies
          that may need assistance.
AAR       The local revenue code of the       34. The Municipal Mayor Unimplemented
2022,     Municipality has not been               and Sanggunian facilitate
AO no.    updated for over 11 years from          the review and evaluation      The      Municipal   Local
9, page   its effectivity, contrary to            of its current tax and         Revenue Code was updated
37        Sections 186, 187, and 191 of           revenue sources and            last CY 2017 and submitted
          Republic Act (RA) No. 7160,             assess whether the 2011        to     the     Sangguniang
          thus contributing to the                Revenue Code of the            Panlalawigan for approval,
          minimal increase in its local           Municipality of Santa          but it was returned for
          revenues being generated.               Catalina, Negros Oriental      corrections and has not yet
                                                  is still up-to-date with the   been complied with.
                                                  current condition and
                                                  collection capability of
                                                  the              Municipal
                                                  Government. Otherwise,
                                                  the Municipal Mayor and
                                                  Sanggunian shall update
                                                  and revise the existing
                                                  Code, incorporating all
                                                  other sources of revenue.
                                              35. The appropriate MOAs           Unimplemented
                                                  be executed for the rest of


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