Published July 14, 2021 10:19am The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said it is addressing the issue on 20 unclosed bank accounts that the Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged as unauthorized. In a statement, the AFP said the 20 bank accounts with book balance of P1,812,797,567.87 are being maintained with several banks. These accounts are for the AFP Modernization Act Trust Fund-Central Office (AFPMATF), AFP Educational Benefit System Office (AFPEBSO), AFP Real Estate Office (AFPREO), and General Headquarters Central Office (GHQ-CO). For the AFPMATF, the AFP said three accounts were already authorized by the Permanent Committee and P62,386,689.47 were remitted to the Bureau of Treasury from September 3, 2020 to February 3, 2021.
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COA flags AFP for unauthorized bank accounts, unfinished contracts
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By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Published July 11, 2021 3:15pm
The Department of National Defense (DND) said it was having difficulties closing bank accounts under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), which state auditors had flagged for being unauthorized. The Department of National Defense (DND) said it was having difficulties closing bank accounts under the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), which state auditors had flagged for being unauthorized. In a statement released Sunday, the DND said it has already released guidelines to the AFP regarding the unclosed bank accounts, following the Commission on Audit (COA) report. “The DND-AFP has been processing the closure of these accounts in adherence to the COA guidelines,” the statement read.