Whiff of corruption continues as COA reports unecessary infinity pool, jacuzzi, etc., at PPA

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State auditors questioned the Philippine Ports Authority over what they called the unnecessary and wasteful construction of an infinity pool in one of its training centers.

 "The Commission on Audit said the PPA spent around P10.8 million on the project for its training compound in San Fernando, La Union.

Aside from an infinity pool, the project cost also covered a jacuzzi, a guest room, a pergola and a decorative rock wall."

State auditors said that the construction was “unnecessary” as it had caused the demolition of a newly built canopy and perimeter fence, resulting in “improper and wasteful” spending of public funds. 

I'm stressed with all these "whiffs of corruption" headlined by the Department of Health (Philippines). Pwede bang gamitin yung 10 million worth na infinity pool at other lavish installations like jacuzzi, pergola, guest room, etc., ng Philippine Ports Authority sa La Union para ma-relax naman?  It's our tax that paid for these luxury facilities, anyway. 

The COA juggernaut against the Imeldific wastefulness of the Duterte admin continues. 

“Management still pursued the construction of new structures without any supporting feasibility study and, seemingly, without regard for value-for-money.” 

But the PPA management was insistent on the necessity of the improvements in the training center which they said can also be used for local, national and international trainings and conferences.  

PPA GM Jay Daniel Santiago says expanding the amenities will increase the demand and profitability of the venue. He adds that what the auditors also failed to realize and recognize is that part of PPA’s function is to train its personnel to render the services its responsible for.

Syempre hindi papatalo mga taga PPA. Ang DENR nga nag-akssaya ng dolomite sa isang portion ng Manila Bay. Eh di lagyan ng infinity pool Naman para may sariling resort ang PPA.

Ginawan ng infinity pool at jacuzzi para daw makatipid sa mga exit conferences at para parentahan ng mas mahal.

Pero noong 2018 ang revenue ng facilities ay 700k ang electric bill nila ay 750k. Kuryente pa lang yan ha.

So paano nakatipid ang bayan dito?  

Mas maganda nga dati na walang pool. May area for team building games. Maganda na rin rooms nila noon. 

Infinity pool eh pag high tide abot na abot ang lawn ng PPA ng tubig dagat. Kamusta ang pool?

On this issue I agree 100% with COA. The key issue here is not whether PPA should renovate and generate income, but whether you need a P10M infinity pool to do that.  

Kung ang panahon ni Pnoy pagtitipid ang ginawa ito puro paglulustay sa kaban ng bayan ang inatupag. Nakakagalit, ang daming namamatay at nagugutom sa panahon ng pandemic tapos ito ang makikita namin. Nasaan ba ang mga puso niyo, meron pa ba?

Tapos pagdurasahan ng mga susunod na generation. Tagal aabutin bago mabayaran lahat ng winaldas at ninakaw nila.

Sa panahon ni Duterte, ang taong bayan ang tinipid eh.

May pa contest yata sa administrasyon ni Duterte kung sino ang pinaka korupt na ahensya!

The Philippines is now reporting an average of more than 13,000 cases daily in the past week, its highest 7-day average since the start of the pandemic. 

Meantime, testing and contact tracing still nowhere while DOH caught up explaining covid billions funds. And, DepED billions deficiencies, TESDA ume-elcac, PPA’s infinity pool.. *whiff pfft. 

Stay strong COA!

Duque playing victim card, blames COA sleepless nights, tainted image

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'KAYO NGA ANG PUMUNTA DITO AT KAYO ANG GUMAWA'

Duque dared COA to instead do his agency’s work during the pandemic, following its report which found “deficiencies” amounting to P67.32 billion in the DOH's COVID-19 response fund in 2020. 

'HINDI NA PO AKO NAKAKATULOG'

Duque turned emotional on Tuesday as he ranted against the COA, even daring state auditors to instead do his agency’s work during the pandemic.

How can Duque complain about not getting enough sleep when people are dying because of his incompetence?  People are dying in hospitals, at home, in temporary tents, even parking lots? We don't expect Duque to do magic but instead to do his job at least. If he can't, just resign! WE PAID HIM TO DO HIS JOB WELL!

Duque singing 'Kaba' by Tootsie Guevara 

Chorus: 

"Di makatulog sa gabi sa kaiisip

Sa diwa ko'y bilyon-bilyon ang panaginip

O ang saya lagi na maraming laman ang bulsa ko

Sa bawat sandali'y umiiwas sa COA

Kapag tumitig na sa akin ay lagot na

Anong hiwaga ang nadarama anong kaba"

Marami ding health worker ang hindi nakatulog dahil overworked, pero si Duque ay dahil lang sa kahihiyan?!  Ang mga HCWs ay kulang ang benefits at suweldo tapos so Duque and company ay sobra-sobra na ang na-kurakot. Nakakahiya naman po Kay DOH Secretary.

Dont start with us. Most of us do not get to sleep, too. Many of us are even food deprived while Duque has a great big comfortable home, with a lavish high-end car(s), enough money to spend and always with abundant food on the table  - anong karapatan niyang mag reklamo???

Dahil sa kapalpakan at kapabayaan ni Duque, nasaan na ba tayo ngayon? Umabot na sa 30k ang mga namatay. Kabilang doon ang mga kamag-anak, kaibigan at kakilala ko. At hanggang ngayon, ano bang suporta nila sa mga HCWs natin?Kakarampot na benepisyo?!!

Is he intentionally forgetting that it is the job description of the auditors of the COA too compute all the money used, misused, abused, etc., by the agencies of this government.  He is just doing a pa- drama peg to cover up his ass. He thinks he can get the symphaty of the people as if he is being bullied?

COMMISSION ON AUDIT please repeat this until it makes sense to you...hahaha

Oo nga naman, bakit kasi ang COA walang ginagawa sa gitna ng pandemya kundi bantayan ang pera ng taumbayan.  Dapat ituon ng COA ang pansin sa pag-test, trace, isolate, treat, at pag-vaccinate ng taumbayan, at pagtugon sa pangangailangan ng healthcare workers! Incompetents! Lol!

Anong difference ng pag-iyak ni Duque sa pag-iyak ng mga Health Care Workers? 

Ang mga HCWs, at risk ang buhay EVERY SINGLE DAY. Si Duque, HINDI.

Sila, umiiyak pero trabaho lang. Si Duque, umiiyak suot ang P13.3MM niyang Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Ultra watch.

DUQUE SHOULD JUST RESIGN! Ang KAPAL NG MUKHA niya! COA is doing their job already and they're showing results eh so Duque, what has he done? Magsukat ng social.distancing? Health workers threatening to resign, surge in cases, expired medicines, high-end laptops, dying people on parking lots, 67B funds, etc., are not to be ignored. 

Duque has no valid legal & moral defense in his argument. Parang tabogo DDS Dutertard ang takbo ng utak niya. Manang Mana sa poon. Ang dakdak niya, a la Duterte, ay senseless. Kung hindi niya kayang patakbuhin ang ahensya niya nang matino at naaayon sa batas & Konstitusyon, magbitiw siya sa DOH. Mag tender sya ng irrevocable resignation. Wala syang monopolya ng karunungan at galing sa pamamalakad ng DOH.

Huwag niyang pansinin si Duterte na ipinagtanggol pa siya at sinabing he won't accept his resignation kahit twice na raw nag-attempt. Huwag si COA ang dedmahin. 

By the way, auditor reports don't get published without thorough discussions with the auditee. Hindi pambulaga ang reports. Bago pa yan ma publish, lahat ng findings na discuss na all the way to the top. Duque knew about those findings even before it was published in COA site.

May exit conference siya at the end.

I've been in so many of these exit meetings. Not necessarily a conference. The final report is a result of many discussions with auditee. Some findings are taken off if auditee shows documentary proof or properly explains it. The final list of findings are the non-negotiables.

Publication is done for transparency. The public should know. These are government entities disbursing public funds. The public should know how they were being utilized.

So malamang itong P67B ay hindi na-justify nang maayos ng DOH kaya kasama pa rin sa final audit report that was published.

Diyan sila magaling sa play victim strategy. Kung wala talaga silang ginawang hokuspokus sa budget, theres nothing to be worried about. Madali lang naman yan, show proof na walang hokuspokus na naganap. Ayaw nila din lang umamin eh.

'TULOY PA RIN KAMI.'

The Commission on Audit is committed to performing and publishing audits of government agencies despite pointed criticism from President Rodrigo Duterte and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.

Pag ipinilit ipatigil Ang COA ni Duterte, ang ibig sabihin ay kasabwat siya. Tuloy tuloy na talaga namumulat sa reyalidad tayo. Nakakapagsisi.

Please COA, huwag na huwag kayong titiklop sa mga banta ni supreme leader Duterte. Just continue to do your mandate. Ilabas nyo lahat ang baho ng gobyernong ito para magising ang Pilipino sa katotohanan!

Kudos to the people behind the COA. Keep up the great work, and don't let this administration threaten you. We are grateful and thankful to the men and women in COA. Thank you for your courage and for doing all that you do! We stand with you! Thank you, sir Michael Aguinaldo, and the rest of COA employees. Taxpayers appreciate your commitment to your sworn duty to the country and the people. 

Let's protect our state auditors at all cost. COA, we're all behind them! The Filipino people is grateful of their service. 

Thank you for doing what you do, as mandated by the Constitution!

We, the Filipino people,, are proud of the COA. Even if the Pres. lambasted them for doing their constitutional mandate, we are all here to support the COA. They are worth every fraction of each centavo of taxpayers money.

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