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“In May 2012, 20 of 23 senators voted to convict Corona, including Estrada. The three who voted to acquit him were Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Joker Arroyo and…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
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“In May 2012, 20 of 23 senators voted to convict Corona, including Estrada. The three who voted to acquit him were Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Joker Arroyo and…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
Lawmakers questioned the PhilHealth management for turning the insurance firm into a business enterprise, after learning that the insurance firm, instead of…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
“In striking down the pork barrel system, the Court said the practices specified should ‘never again be adopted in any system of governance and under any name…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
The House leadership had allotted P39 billion to bankroll the AKAP next year, a move the Senate overturned by funneling the proposed allotment to the senior…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
“As of today, there are still some CoA 2023 annual audit reports that have not been posted on the CoA website, like those reports of local governments in the…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
In the limelight this month are the state auditors of CoA, the auditors of the world, who review the accounts and financial operations of agencies of the…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
“In its context in Thomas Grey’s ‘Elegy,’ it is actually a metaphor for common folk who do heroic things that are never reported in the news or recorded in…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
Similar to the secrecy of a military operation, and with the intent to destroy the targets by surprise to maximize the effectiveness of its devastating force,…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
“In the Philippines between 2011 and 2021, no less than Heidi Mendoza, Grace Pulido Tan of the constitutional CoA completely and publicly disregarded these…
Art Besana · · 3 min read
This norm of independence, impartiality, and objectivity of government officials and employees is a universal ethical rule observed by all people working in…
Art Besana · · 3 min read