COA flags doubled aid, other lapses in Akap program

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has found lapses and “systemic weaknesses” in the implementation of the government’s Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (Akap), including duplication and overlapping assistance, granting of aid to ineligible individuals and politicians’ “unabated encroachment” in the initiative as a form of electioneering. “The recurring issues stem from