PNP delegates to Russia to return the cash advance they used for

Miami
October 30, 2008
Story 1: PNP delegates to Russia to return the cash advance they used for

The eight-man delegation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) expresses their willingness to return the money that was given to them as their travel allowance.

In fact, two of them already gave the money, one in full and the other one in partial.

"Police Director Silverio Alarcio Jr, Director for Operations, returned the full amount of P274,070 while Police Director German Doria, Director for Human Resource and Doctrine Development (DHRDD) returned the partial amount of P100,000.00 with a promissory note to return the balance within 30 days," Chief Supt. Nicanor Bartolome, PNP Spokesperson, said.

This is in compliance to the order gave by PNP Director General Jesus Verzosa last Monday to return the travel allowance that was given to them totalling to Php274,070 for each of them or total of Php2.192 million all-in-all.

A breakdown for the expenses are the following: covering plane fares (P139,620), pre-departure allowance (P1,500), visa and insurance fees (P13,500), and a "per dime" of P128,892.

Doria said he only gave Php100,000 for now because that is the only cash that he has for now. But, promised that he will pay the remaining 174,000 within the 30 days starting Thursday.

He also expressed that he is hoping that his request for reimbursement will be considered, “I only retuned partial because somehow it may be considered that my request for reimbursement will be considered.”

He also said that the total cash of Php274,000 was not given to them, “What we received is our per dime and our allowance for the hotel bills and our food their in Russia because the PNP is the one who got our tickets and we already paid for our visas before leaving, of course .”

Doria said he returned the money to the special disbursing officer of the PNP Finance Service, Superintendent Samuel Rodriguez because he is the one who gave the money to them. Rodriguez will collect and save the money and it will be send to the PNP auditor for proper auditing.

It can be recalled that Rodriguez was one with Retired Police Director Eliseo Dela Paz, Chief Supt. Orlando Pestano, Chief of Finance Service, and Senior Superintendent Tomas Rentoy, Chief, Budget Division who was recommended by Verzosa to the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to be filed with appropriate charges for the unauthorized release of Php6.930 million.

Meanwhile, Bartolome said that the rest of the delegates will return their money on Monday, November 3. But if it is not yet known if it will be in full payment or like what Doria did who made a promissory note.