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Sara Duterte trial recap, Aug. 5: Receipts only, medicine rewards, audit thresholds
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Sara Duterte trial recap, Aug. 5: Receipts only, medicine rewards, audit thresholdsFormer state auditor Roderick Wamil testifies during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte at the Senate of the Philippines in Pasay, Metro Manila on August 3, 2026.
A P125-million liquidation supported entirely by acknowledgment receiptsThe OVP submitted 845 acknowledgment receipts covering its P125-million confidential fund expenditure in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Wamil told Sen. Kiko Pangilinan that this was the first time he encountered an agency whose submissions consisted entirely of acknowledgment receipts.
Acknowledgment receipts may be accepted when paying an informant, he said, but purchases from suppliers require official receipts.
Medicine as payment for intelligence a first for auditorSen. Risa Hontiveros pressed Wamil on acknowledgment receipts that recorded medicines as “rewards” for informants.