Windows26: November 2024

November 6, 2024

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering COA findings on deficient OVP receipts for confidential funds, Typhoon Marce evacuation efforts, and early wins for Harris and Trump in the US elections.

COA: OVP sent deficient receipts on secret funds

The Commission on Audit (COA) has confirmed that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) had sent the audit body more than 1,200 deficient acknowledgment receipts in a bid to explain its use of P125 million in confidential funds spent in 11 days in December 2022.

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Gov't orders evacuations, deploys troops for Marce

Authorities reported on Tuesday that they had ordered evacuations, stockpiled food and placed government troops on standby in preparation for Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) which was expected to make landfall in the Babuyan Islands or northern portion of Cagayan by Thursday.

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Harris and Trump notch up first wins as US anxiously waits

White House rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump racked up early wins Tuesday as the first key polls closed in one of the tightest and most volatile presidential elections in US history.

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