THE Supreme Court has ruled that the Commission on Audit (CoA) cannot expand its audit powers to include imposing administrative penalties.

In a decision penned by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul Inting, the court en banc set aside CoA's disallowance against PhilHealth Region 3 Officer Jess Christopher Biong.

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