Lacson was referring to the Commission on Audit (COA) list of government projects issued “notices of suspensions, disallowances and charges,” which, as of the end of last year, had ballooned to nearly P600 billion. As of December 2017, the COA had suspended government transactions worth P402.8 billion, disallowed projects worth P20 billion, and issued notices to other projects worth P160.7 billion under litigation or “charged,” according to a list provided by Lacson’s staff and cross-checked by the Inquirer with official COA records. BOC notices of suspension cover P379.7 billion; notices of disallowances, P424.2 million; and notices of charges, P12.7 billion. Other agencies with sizable amounts were the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) with P6 billion, Department of Education (DepEd) with P3.8 billion, and Department of Transportation (DOTr) with P2.12 billion. The COA does not publicly release totals of suspended, disallowed or charged projects in the entire bureaucracy.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 20, 2018 21:22 UTC