The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the local travel expenses of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) amounting to P74.283 million, due to incomplete supporting documents. Local travelsAccording to the annual audit report, the P74 million was but a fraction of the P110.8 million spent by the PDEA for local travels as of end-2018. Due to their incomplete documentation, the COA said it could not be positive that the travels were necessary at all. ItinerarySupporting documents include a duly approved travel itinerary, transportation tickets, certificates of appearance and completed travel, and a certification from the agency head on the necessity of the trip. In its recommendations, the audit body told the PDEA to direct its accountant to correct the incomplete submissions of required documents for the P22.45 million in travel expenses.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 13, 2019 21:00 UTC