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Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Video_Widget_1_Container"><ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Video_Widget_1" allow="autoplay" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-wid="f5fb7bd1-3880"></ivs-player><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script></div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government is eyeing a lifestyle check on barangay officials, some of whom might have enriched themselves using public money, an official said Monday.</p><p>Martin Diño, undersecretary for barangay affairs, said the DILG has compiled a list of barangays that failed to submit their inventories of money disbursements as required by the agency. He said the DILG will file charges against the officials.</p><p>&quot;Ngayon, makikipag-tie up ako sa BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue) para ngayon meron kaming memorandum of agreement para mapa-lifestyle check namin lahat ng barangay officials na talagang in a matter of years naging mayaman,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>(I will tie up with BIR so that we will have a memorandum of agreement for a lifestyle check on barangay officials who became rich in a matter of years.)</p><p>&quot;Alam naman sa barangay kung may negosyo yan. Walang taong nakakaalam kung hindi ang kaniyang constituents,&quot; he said.</p><p>(The people in the barangays know if their leaders have businesses. No one else but the constituents would know that.)</p><p>Diño, a former barangay captain, said the Commission on Audit should revive its strict rules when releasing money to barangay officials.</p><p>He said during his tenure, a rigorous evaluation by fiscal control and accounting departments and a barangay council resolution are needed before money is disbursed through their depository bank.</p><p>&quot;Now, pwede kang ang kapitan at treasurer ay gagawa lang ng certification, mailalabas ang milyon-milyong pera ng barangay easily...Ngayon, wala pang project, nasa bulsa na ni Kapitan at Treasurer yung pera,&quot; he said.</p><p>(Now, the barangay chairman and treasurer only need to produce certification and the millions worth of funds can be released. There is not even a project in place yet and the money is in the chairman&#x27;s pocket.)</p><p>&quot;Nagre-request kami sa COA na ibalik nila sa dati dahil prone to corruption ito. Marami nang nagka-kaso na ang treasurer ay tinakbo ang pera,&quot; he added.</p><p>(We are requesting COA to bring back their old procedure because this is prone to corruption. There have been several complaints against a treasurer who ran off with the money.)</p>

<p>MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government is eyeing a lifestyle check on barangay officials, some of whom might have enriched themselves using public money, an official said Monday.</p>

MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government is eyeing a lifestyle check on barangay officials, some of whom might have enriched themselves using public money, an official said Monday.

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DILG wants lifestyle check on barangay officials

Trishia Billones,

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Published May 07, 2018 01:02 PM PHT

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