MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga —- Of the 125,000 packs of relief goods the national government funded through the Bayanihan Grants to Cities and Municipalities (BGCM) in Tarlac City, 6,890 packs were unaccounted for, the Commission on Audit (COA) disclosed in its report.
In the COA report submitted to Tarlac City Mayor Ma. Cristina Angeles on May 20, the state auditing agency said the city bought 25,000 packs of relief goods and 97,694 pieces of bar soap using the P94,884,700 BGCM fund it received from the national government on April 16, 2020.
The relief goods and bar soap were for the residents of its 76 barangays.
The COA said that while Tarlac City’s summary report showed th…
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