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 Ref.                                                                                                                                      Status of
                   Audit Observations                                       Audit Recommendations
                                                                                                                                        Implementation

           resulted in the failure to collect                                                                                      requirements, or clear-cut
           estimated    rental   income    of                                                                                      policies for the effective
           P4,490,299.50 for CY 2011 and CY                                                                                        and efficient operation of
           2012.                                                                                                                   the NOCC. The officer-in-
                                                                                                                                   charge had only been
                                                                                                                                   monitoring               and
                                                                                                                                   rescheduling rentals based
                                                                                                                                   on      formal      requests
                                                                                                                                   addressed to the Governor.
 2010      Program Funds from the Department 117. Require the Office of the Accountant and the Provincial Legal Officer,           Unimplemented: As of
 AAR,      of    Agriculture      amounting      to     in coordination with the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, to        December 31, 2024, an
AO No.     ₱1,000,000.00 which were utilized for        demand the repayment of the overdue loans and interest under the           outstanding loan balance
14, page   the implementation of the Binhian Sa         Binhian Sa Lalawigan program and enforce the provisions of the             totaling       ₱833,000.00
   36      Lalawigan Program through loans              promissory notes signed by each borrower. In addition, require the         remained unpaid, primarily
           granted to rice farmers in CY 2000           Provincial Accountant to recognize the remaining loans receivable by       because most of the
           were not collected by the provincial         the following entry (to be posted also to individual subsidiary ledgers:   borrowers had passed
           government, thus benefited only the                                                                                     away and/or their crops
           twenty-two farmers who first availed                                                 Debit                Credit        were adversely affected by
           of the loans, and immediately brought          Other Receivables                     858,000.00                         drought at the time the
           the project to a close, with receivables       Due to Other NGAs                                       858,000.00       loans     were      granted,
           amounting to ₱1,865,541.16 as of                                                                                        resulting in poor yields.
           September 30, 2010 due to the
           accumulated interest.
 2010      The utilization of a portion of the 80% 118. Require the restitution of the funds illegally disbursed by those          Unimplemented:       There
 AAR,      share in national wealth taxes for the       responsible therefor. Henceforth, comply with the limitations on the       had been no restitution of
AO No.     purchase of various electrical materials     use of the province’s share in national wealth as outlined under Sec.      the funds that were
7, page    contravened Sec. 294 of the Local            294 of the Local Government Code and DILG-DOE Joint Circular No.           illegally disbursed.
   25      Government Code and DILG-DOE                 98-01 dated September 30, 1998, apply government funds and
           Joint Circular No. 98-01 dated               property solely for public purposes, utilize capital outlay

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