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Checked by Vera Files31 Jan 2022PhilippinesHealth
Michael “Mike” Defensor

“A new Commission on Audit report questioned the validity of P479-million worth of COVID-19 relief goods that the Quezon City government procured in 2020.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: The audit report cited was published on the Commission on Audit website on July 19, 2021, or eight months ago, according to the agency's database. The report did not say it found violations of procurement laws in the tr…