MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Supreme Court (SC) over unliquidated cash advances of its officials and employees totaling P33.734 million. “Cash advances totaling P33,734,085.84 remain unliquidated as of year-end even if their purposes had been served,” COA said in its 2018 annual audit report on the SC. The COA said a single Regular Disbursing Officer (RDO) was accountable for 89 percent or P30.061 million of the unliquidated cash advances, which she received for supposed various purposes or activities. The SC said to date, liquidation reports covering the cash advances amounting to P14.512 million were submitted to the Accounting Division. “Officials and employees who have unliquidated cash advances were not allowed by the Court to render services for the conduct of the Court’s summer session in Baguio City in April 2019 and also for the conduct of judicial audit unless their unliquidated cash advances shall have been fully settled,” the SC added.

Source: Philippine Star July 20, 2019 17:15 UTC