The municipal government of Carigara in Leyte province was ordered by the Commission on Audit (COA) to end the excessive hiring of contractual and job order (JO) employees as it had led to overspending. LGU Carigara had appropriated P18.93 million to cover the wages of its JO/Contract of Service workers; however, it spent P8.79 million “more than the amount appropriated for wages of contractual/JO personnel.” COA also found that the accomplishment reports of the JO/COS workers of the LGU showed “exact duplicated copies of the accomplishment report of other JO workers except for the name and signature”, aside from these … Continue reading COAble: Excessive Hiring of Job Order and Contract of Service Workers