DSWD shrugs off payroll padding woes

The Social Welfare Department denied involvement in the alleged payroll padding and overpricing in the construction of bunkhouses for typhoon “Pablo” victims in Compostela Valley. In a statement, the government agency explained it hired a contractor who, in turn, was in charge of hiring and paying a team of about 10 workers — a process that it could submit supporting documents on when the Commission on Audit conducts another check. An organization of typhoon victims shrugged off the Chinese wall between the government and the workers, some of whom claimed their signatures were forged in the job order forms that showed varying amounts. Barug Katawhan wants the government agency to take command responsibility over the discrepancies.


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