{"id":777008765,"date":"2023-08-29T06:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008765"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:37:45","slug":"ruling-upheld-against-pagcor-aid-for-private-flood-control-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ruling-upheld-against-pagcor-aid-for-private-flood-control-project","title":{"rendered":"Ruling upheld against PAGCOR aid for private flood control project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Philippines Supreme Court has upheld a Commission on Audit ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-<strong>\u00a0The Supreme Court (SC)<\/strong>\u00a0has upheld a ruling by the\u00a0<strong>Commission on Audit (COA)<\/strong> disallowing financial assistance provided by former high-ranking officials of<strong>\u00a0the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR)<\/strong>. Funds amounting to PHP2m (US$35,200) had been allocated to a private flood control project in Laguna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando stressed the requirement that government funds be used exclusively for public objectives, a principle entrenched in the Government Auditing Code. The funding in this case had been given to a project led by the Pleasant Village Homeowners Association (PVHA). While\u00a0PAGCOR is authorised to finance infrastructure and sociocivic initiatives, the assistance must align with public interests, with no unintended advantages for private entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-hands-over-us530000-for-medical-assistance-programmes\" target=\"_blank\">PAGCOR hands over US$530,000 for medical-assistance programmes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Philippines Supreme Court has upheld a Commission on Audit ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines Supreme Court has upheld a Commission on Audit ruling disallowing PHP2m (US$35,200) in financial assistance provided by former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) officials to a private flood control project. This decision reinforces the principle that government funds, even from entities like PAGCOR, must exclusively serve public objectives and not confer unintended advantages to private entities, as per the Government Auditing Code.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR), Commission on Audit (COA), Supreme Court (SC), Pleasant Village Homeowners Association (PVHA), Ramon Paul L. 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