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Ten of the capital area’s 16 cities incurred a complete of P728 million in confidential bills for 2023
MANILA, Philippines – Makati was the highest spender in confidential funds among the many 10 cities in Metro Manila that incurred such bills in 2023, in keeping with their monetary statements submitted to the Fee on Audit (COA).
Based mostly on the separate audit experiences on Metro Manila’s 16 cities launched by COA on December 13, the ten cities incurred a complete of P728 milion in confidential funds bills in 2023.
Makati, the second wealthiest metropolis within the nation, incurred the most important confidential funds spending at P240 million, unchanged from 2022.
Listed below are is a breakdown of the confidential funds spending of the ten cities.
- Makati: P240 million (identical as 2022)
- Manila: P120 million (identical as 2022)
- Quezon Metropolis: P100 million (identical as 2022)
- Pasay Metropolis: P60 million in 2023 (down from P80 million in 2022)
- Caloocan Metropolis: P60 million (identical as 2022)
- Parañaque Metropolis: P49.5 million (identical as 2022)
- Muntinlupa Metropolis: P44.08 in 2023 (down from P44.29 in 2002)
- Marikina Metropolis: P25 million (identical as 2022)
- San Juan Metropolis: P16 million (down from P17.3 million in 2022)
- Malabon Metropolis: P13.7 million (down from P15 million in 2022)
The opposite six cities in Metro Manila, together with three of the nation’s 10 wealthiest cities — Pasig, Taguig, and Mandaluyong — reported zero confidential bills. The others are Las Piñas Metropolis, Navotas Metropolis, and Valenzuela Metropolis.
COA, the Division of Funds and Administration, the Division of the Inside and Native Authorities, the Division of Nationwide Protection, and the Governance Fee for GOCCs issued Joint Round No. 2015-01 which gives that confidential spending of LGUs should be straight associated to their Peace and Order Packages (POPs).
Underneath the round, actions and applications eligible for confidential spending are restricted to the next:
- Crime prevention and regulation enforcement actions
- Functionality improvement for personnel of regulation enforcement businesses and volunteers
- Packages associated to unlawful medicine, unlawful playing, counter insurgency, smuggling, human trafficking, and towards unlawful fishing and unlicensed mining and logging operations
– Rappler.com
