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                                                                              Annex A


                                                                   Status of
  Ref.        Observation           Recommendation          Implementation/Results
                                                                 of Validation
        its constituents and to
        augment the special
        education fund.
AAR     Cash         advances 28. The            Municipal Unimplemented
2022,   totaling                     Mayor order the
AO no. ₱2,234,055.20                 withholding        of Demand               from
2, page remained                     payment of any accountable officers had
27      unliquidated as at           money due from been made.
        year-end, even if their      officials        and
        purposes had been            employees       with Possible actions would be
        served contrary to           unliquidated    cash considered in the next
        Section      89       of     advances, 30 days calendar year, wherein
        Presidential Decree          after the service of Management can demand
        (PD)      1445      and      the demand letters liquidation,        withhold
        Section 5 of COA             where no liquidation payment, or impose legal
        Circular No. 97-002          has been submitted actions against personnel
        dated February 10,           by the accountable concerned.
        1997, thus exposing          officers concerned,
        the funds to possible        pursuant to COA
        loss             and/or      Circular No. 97-002.
        misappropriation,        29. Management impose Unimplemented
        while         resulting      sanctions on the
        further in the non-          responsible officials This remedy was not
        recognition           of     and employees, in implemented                 by
        expenses      in     the     accordance with PD Management to give
        period they were             No. 1445 and the another          chance      to
        incurred.                    revised Penal Code. responsible officials and
                                                           employees.
AAR     Unliquidated       cash 30. Management             Unimplemented
2022,   advances amounting           demand            the
AO no. to ₱308,000.00 as of          immediate             The official receipts
9, page December 31, 2022,           liquidation      and needed to liquidate the
38      pertained to the             settlement of the cash advance were still
        procurement           of     cash advance for incomplete. An assigned
        goods and supplies           construction          personnel was tasked
        which were made              materials          of with locating them.
        through the drawing          ₱300,000.00.
        of cash advances
        totaling ₱500,000.00,
        contrary     to      the