COA chides BFAR for poor maintenance and misuse of patrol boats 41 SHARES Share it! COA asked BFAR to address the problem by conducting periodic monitoring of the local government units’ use of patrol boats and provide adequate budget for the immediate repair of the deteriorated units. State auditors disclosed that 14 Fisheries Management patrol vessels for monitoring, control and surveillance, seven had non-operational navigational and communications equipment. COA also pointed out that the failure to spend on the boats’ maintenance would only put to waste the loan payments made by the government. The status of 43 patrol boats purchased from 2009 to 2011 have also been assessed as auditors stressed that this has been procured under the United States’ Public Law 480 program.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 16, 2018 10:41 UTC