ANG LABAN SA KATIWALIAN: Laban ko. Laban nyo. Laban nating lahat. Hindi pulitiko, kundi isang lingkod-bayan Sa bawat sentimong iningatan ko, natutunan kong tumindig para sa tama. 💜🇵🇭 #45HeidiMendoza #FormerCOACommissioner

Thanks to our friend Ken Abante for flagging at a Senate hearing a struggle we journalists face: SEC docs aren’t free. We spent P30K on Zaldy Co files last year via SEC Express. ESearch is cheaper at P375/doc, but costs still pile up. If we want transparency, why the paywall?

“The nation is in danger kasi yung [former] heads ng both houses hanggang pagtuturuan lamang ang alam! Nasaan ang interes ng bayan?” —former COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza

Former COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza admits that it is possible for a COA auditor to make budget insertions, noting that it is a powerful position. However, she emphasized that she has no personal experience or knowledge of doing so. #ANCHeadstart

Former COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza says she would not accept "under the current setup" an offer to join the Independent Commission for Infrastructure. "Do you want to work under someone who has questionable voting history?" #ANCHeadstart

"Buwis-buhay, buwis-ganda" Former COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza says the Commission on Audit should not have to beg for its budget, lamenting how the agency’s representatives are treated during congressional budget hearings. #ANCHeadstart

[ADMIN] On Headstart with Karen Davila today, Heidi Mendoza revealed how Senator Jinggoy Estrada once tried to block her confirmation as COA Commissioner. At the height of the pork barrel scam audit, he even wrote to the Asian Development Bank grasping for dirt against her. In

From a watchdog to a guardian angel... Ito sana ang transition sa papel ng COA. Hindi dapat parang pulis na kinatatakutan, o inaabutan ng kotong. Paano na kaya ngayong naglipana ang mga korap? Paalala lamang: hindi si Commissioner Lipana ang natatanging mukha ng COA!

Dear Sec Vince, Una sa lahat, maraming salamat sa pag-freeze ng mga assets ng inyong iniimbestigahan. Yun lang, it is basic and fundamental na kapag may indikasyon ng fraud na iniimbestigahan, the first 48 hours is critical to preserve the evidence. Pero tama ka rin, dapat si

After watching this afternoon's hearing may dalawang statements na nagpalungkot sa akin: 1. 100% of the bidding are rigged 2. Lahat ng project sub-standard Bilang auditor, napakaraming ulit na naming naging finding ang simulated or rigged bidding o yung kung tawagin nila ay

CIELO, HEIDI PUSH PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORMS Former Finance Undersecretary Cielo Magno and former Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Heidi Mendoza on Sunday rallied support for a People's Initiative to advance key anti-corruption reforms amid scandals in

[ADMIN] Sa rally sa EDSA People Power Monument, sabay na umalingawngaw ang tinig nina Heidi Mendoza at Cielo Magno: Itigil na ang paulit-ulit na panlilinlang. Kung hindi kikilos ang nasa kapangyarihan, mismong taumbayan ang gagalaw. Ang panawagan: People’s Initiative. Nasa

WATCH: Heidi Mendoza, Cielo Magno speak at Trillion Peso March

FORMER Commission on Audit (COA) commissioner Heidi Mendoza on Thursday said that artificial intelligence (AI) will not curb corruption in the Philippines because of fragmented data systems, poor accountability, and the government’s failure to modernize fi