MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has directed the National Police Commission (Napolcom) to stop granting so-called dietary supplement allowances to its officials and personnel. State auditors, in a 2018 report released yesterday, said the payment of dietary supplement allowances is without legal basis. COA said it issued an Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) in 2017, also calling on Napolcom to stop the grant of such allowances. Napolcom officials said that the payment of dietary supplement allowances is in accordance with its Preventive Health Care Program, which was adopted pursuant to Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular No. 402 refers to prescription drug benefits nor dietary supplement benefits,” the COA report stressed.

Source: Philippine Star June 11, 2019 15:56 UTC