THE Commission on Audit has affirmed the notices of disallowance issued against the payment of transportation allowances totaling P4.58 million to former San Juan City mayor Guia Gomez and 25 other city officials in 2013 to 2014.
In a six-page decision released yesterday, the COA Commission Proper reiterated that local government officials who are assigned a government-issued service vehicle are no longer entitled to receive transportation allowances under the Department of Budget and Management-Local Budget Circular (DBM-LBC) Nos. 79 and 103.
Post-audit of the financial transactions of San Juan in 2013 and 2014 resulted in the issuance of notices of disallowance against the city officials.
Held liable were Gomez (P256,500); architect Romeo Gonzales, tourism officer Emma Ray Panaguiton, social welfare and development officer Jessica Quitor, population development officer Ruben Quimosing, health officer Victor Lacandola, and Environment and Natural Resources Office department head Dante Santiago (P204,000 each);
City administrator Ramulfo Dacalos, legal officer Romualdo delos Santos, human resource officer Elvira Flores, planning officer Ma. Aura Robles, city treasurer Yolanda Mangohig, accountant Alicia Barazon, civil registrar Josielour Magno, assessor Edgardo Briones, information officer Grace Pardines, and health officer Jesus Esteban Olano (P198,600 each);
