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Where is the money?
“Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina has ordered an investigation of reports that some of the money meant for the allowance of police officers directly involved in securing Pope Francis’ visit is missing,” reports Cecille Suerte Felipe in The Philippine Star.
PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Wilben Mayor said, “We received information that the amount supposedly given to the police officers involved was incomplete. But again may I emphasize these are information allegations that needs to be looked into.”
Mayor added that “the official concerned would be given the chance to explain why some police officers were only given PHP700 each, or less than one-third of the PHP2,400 allowance they were supposed to receive for securing the Pope from Jan. 15 to 19.”
Mayor did not name the official.
The PNP said about 28,000 police officers secured the Pope and the areas he visited in Pasay, Manila, and Tacloban. Mayor did say though that “the PNP footed the bill for three meals a day for each police officer, their accommodations, gasoline, and other miscellaneous expenses during the Papal visit.”
The report pointed out that “the PNP leadership has yet to state the total amount the police force spent during the five-day visit.”
Photo: PNP
