In light of the House hearing yesterday on the plea bargain deal between former military comptroller Carlos Garcia and Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino of Kabataan Party-list today hit the military anew by exposing another possible evidence for corruption based on a 2010 Commission on Audit (COA) report.
Palatino cited the following cases from the COA findings in its 2010 Department of National Defense (DND) budget notes, to wit:
• P1.84 billion fund for the 14 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization projects was suspended due to the realignment of the …