THE joy of civil servants getting Christmas bonus ceases if the Commission on Audit (COA) finds the Yuletide stipend didn’t get the chief executive’s go-ahead.

The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) turned joyless—it was ordered to return more than P20 million in Christmas bonus, following a decision from top auditors that the “gifts” did not go through the president.

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