The Commission on Audit (CoA) has affirmed its regional office’s ruling upholding the disallowance of the P3.3-million payment of training and traveling expenses of Mario Villasan, then-general manager of the Cabanatuan City Water District (CCWD). AdvertisementsIn a decision dated September 27, CoA’s Commission Proper denied for lack of merit the petition for review filed on May 12, 2014 by Villasan et al. The then-BOD also supposedly authorized the disbursement of P3,315,219 for Villasan’s travel and training expenses. They averred that LWUA has no authority, but rather it is the BOD of CCWD [that]has the right to approve the GM’s travel and training expenses. But the Commission Proper denied the petition for review and, accordingly, affirmed CoA Regional Office 3’s March 3, 2014 decision.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2017 13:52 UTC