DPWH did not use all the money it was given. It failed to obligate nearly P94 billion and failed to disburse more than P325 billion of the funds it had already obligated, showing serious delays and inefficiencies in implementing projects.

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"177 Table 40 - Variances in the PPE Account Balances per Books and per RPCPPE Region/ CO Office Variance Amount (In PhP) Reasons for Variance/Deficiency CO OSEC 1,073,971,815.01 (a) Unrecorded items of CHE in the books; (b) difference of costs provided per accounting records and per RPCPPE Items recorded per accounting records but not accounted and/or physically counted; and (c) difficulty of retrieval of documents of PPE items by the Bureau of Equipment because of the old records. I RO 153,071,035.91 (a) Newly purchased and delivered PPE items last December 2023 were not included in the submitted RPCPPE; and (b) improper/incomplete tagging of properties found at the station. Pangasinan 4th DEO 228,001.12 II Isabela 4th DEO 3,767,112.23 (a) Errors in footing in RPCPPE; (b) difference in Unit Value per accounting records and per RPCPPE ; (c) items recognized in District’s accounting records but were not reflected in Supply Unit’s records and vice-versa; (d) d"

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