The Commission on Audit (COA) is set to audit no-bid contracts under the Department of Tourism (DoT, newly appointed Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said on Tuesday, June 19.
“COA only does post audit… but when I approached Chairman Michael (G.) Aguinaldo, he agreed that all the contracts of the Department of Tourism go through their pre-audit,” Ms. Puyat said during the Makati Business Club annual meeting.
The Tourism secretary also disclosed the commission will be sending an auditing team to review all the contracts that had no bidding and to strengthen the DoT’s internal system.
“I will not move without the COA’s approval and also they will be strengthening our internal control system to make sure that the money is not wasted and make sure that it is effectively used,” she said. — Charmaine A. Tadalan

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