The cash incentives, amounting to over P144 million, were not based on the performance scorecards issued by the Governance Commission for GOCCs, COA said in the 2023 audit report
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State auditors discovered the performance scores used to justify the Collective Negotiations Agreement Incentives in 2020 and 2021 amounting to P144.045 million did not match the validated performance scorecards issued by the Governance Commission for GOCCs . Meanwhile, state auditors also discovered that the rice subsidies amounting to P87.126 million had no prior approval. It emphasized that several government resolutions explicitly stated that this benefit requires presidential approval before release.
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