HINTING of widespread anomaly, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Thursday called for an audit of how the Bureau of Immigration disbursed almost P1 billion in overtime pay to its employees in 2016.

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said he had asked the Commission on Audit (COA) to examine the bureau’s express lane fund, which for the past several years was used by the bureau for the overtime pay of hundreds of personnel.

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