C Oro fails to implement P106-M projects - COA

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines - The bungled P50-million telephone project tells only half of the story of delayed, unimplemented and uncompleted infrastructure plans from 1999 to 2007 - amounting to over P106,689,007. A Commission on Audit (COA) report said the botched projects - water works system, roads, school fence and rural telephone system - were "not implemented or completed on time" in the span of eight years because of "change orders," road right of way problems and the absence “detailed engineering requirement" before the projects were awarded to contractors. As a result, "affected constituents were deprived of the social and economic benefits that could have been derived had these projects been completed on time," state auditors said. The 21 delayed projects have contract prices ranging from P100, 000 to P50 million, some earmarked by Congress. - Sun.Star CDO Click on link to read full story.