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A FORMER mayor of Cavite was directed by the Commission on Audit (COA) to return some P97 million in disallowances.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The move is part of COA\u2019s enforcement of strict fiscal discipline in local governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n COA said the Notices of Disallowance (NDs) issued against former Silang, Cavite Mayor Kevin Anarna have now reached a total of P97 million for transactions made during Calendar Year 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The most recent issuances were released on September 3, 2025, amounting to P9,639,628.20 and P1,834,056.32.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to COA, the disallowances stemmed from irregular, unauthorized, and inadequately documented expenses under the past administration in Silang.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Commission said accountable officials are required to refund the public funds that were spent in violation of government regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under existing rules, all responsible officials and personnel are required to return disallowed funds.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The COA underscored the importance of strict oversight to ensure that public funds are used properly and meaningfully.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A FORMER mayor of Cavite was directed by the Commission on Audit (COA) to return some P97 million in disallowances. The move is part of COA’s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA.webp",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-300x158.webp",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-768x403.webp",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-1024x538.webp",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA.webp",1200,630,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA.webp",1200,630,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA.webp",1200,630,false],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-1024x538.webp",1024,538,true],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-720x530.webp",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/COA-350x350.webp",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16400,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16398\/revisions\/16400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}