Friday, August 22, 2008 (Philippines)

The world-famous dancers of the provincial jail. (Sunstar file) ILLEGAL bonuses to prisoners and the unregulated use of government phones were among the alleged lapses that state auditors found in the Cebu Provincial Government’s transactions last year. The Commission on Audit (COA), in its annual report released yesterday, questioned the release of an “anniversary bonus” to inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), which amounted to more than P3 million. [full story]