MALACAÑANG will not fire Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) over the Commission on Audit (COA) report that at least P1 billion of the Conditional Cash Transfer program for the poor went to ghost beneficiaries.

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte defended Soliman, noting that COA failed to include the steps that the DSWD has taken to ensure the integrity of the CCT list.

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