CoA bares P5.5M in 'irregular' foreign travel expenses at DoJ in 2018

THE Department of Justice (DoJ) spent P5.55 million on alleged government-sanctioned foreign travels, which were attended by the same people in 2018, the Commission on Audit said in its report.

"There were 23 types of meetings/fora/dialogues wherein two to five participants were sent by DOJ to attend, resulting in huge amounts of travelling expenses being spent by DOJ totaling P5,550,149.44...We also noted that, majority of those who were sent to attend such events, were the same [then-]officials/[then-]personnel of DOJ," CoA said.