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                                                                                            Status of
Ref.            Audit Observation                     Audit Recommendations
                                                                                         Implementation
          Management Fund (LDRRMF) of
          the previous years amounting to
          ₱13,948,840.59. Thus, the use of
          the fund was not maximized to
          strengthen the capacity of the
          Municipality to reduce and manage
          the adverse effects in times of
          disasters or calamities.

          (Reiterated under Finding No. 9, Part
          II of this Report.)

AAR    25. The Municipality granted COVID- 38. We        recommended       that    the    Implemented
2020       19 Hazard Pay to its 485 personnel    following         documents        be
p.47       who physically reported for work at   immediately submitted to the
           their respective offices or work      Auditor to determine compliance
           stations during the implementation    with the conditions on the grant of
           of the Enhanced Community             COVID-19 Hazard Pay set forth in
           Quarantine (ECQ) in the total         Paragraph 4 of DBM Budget
           amount of ₱1,721,600.00 without       Circular No. 2020-01 dated March
           the supporting documents necessary    24, 2020, to wit:
           to determine compliance with the
           pertinent provisions of DBM           -Authority for the entitlement of the
           Budget Circular No. 2020-1 dated      allowance;
           March 24, 2020.           Thus, the   -Certificate of attendance during the
           propriety and regularity of the grant ECQ period; and
           could not be ascertained.             -IATF Resolution of the Risk
                                                 Certification in the workplace

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