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 Ref.                                                                                                                                 Status of
                   Audit Observations                                     Audit Recommendations
                                                                                                                                   Implementation

           result in irregular utilization of the
           fund if actually spent and further
           reduce the amount available for more
           beneficial development projects.
 2022      Welfare      goods     amounting     to 53. The Inventory Committee conduct a physical count of the undistributed   Implemented
 AAR,      ₱9,462,034.95 out of the cash               relief goods and prepare the RPCI for submission to the Audit Team in
AO No.     donations from different government         accordance with Section 124 of the NGAS Manual, Volume I.
13, page   agencies for the affected households of
   70      Typhoon Odette were not supported
           with Relief Distribution Sheets (RDS)
           duly signed by the recipients, contrary
           to Item VI.B of COA Circular No.
           2014-002 dated April 15, 2014.
           Moreover, the Inventory Committee
           was not able to conduct a physical
           count of the undistributed relief goods
           nor prepare a Report of Physical Count
           of Inventories (RPCI) contrary to
           Section 124 of the Manual on the New
           Government Accounting System
           (NGAS), thus the accuracy of the
           account balances could not be
           ascertained.
 2022      Unexpended balances of the Local 54. In the preparation of the LDRRMFIP, the Provincial Disaster Risk               Unimplemented: The sum
 AAR,      Disaster     Risk     Reduction     and     Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) identify the specific         of         ₱46,006,672.45,
AO No.     Management        Fund      (LDRRMF)        PPAs for disaster mitigation, prevention, and preparedness in           representing    continuing
14, page   Continuing Appropriations (CA)              accordance with Section 5.1.2 of COA Circular No. 2012-002 dated        appropriations under prior
   73      totaling ₱8,747,114.41 from 197             September 12, 2012, and that in the preparation of the LDRRMFIP, the    years’    Disaster    Risk
           completed      projects    were     not     OIC-LDRRM Officer consider all aspects, such as the implementation      Reduction              and

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