Another PNP delegation sent to Germany

MANILA, Philippines – Amid the uproar over the recent “costly" Philippine National Police delegation to Russia, the National Capital Region Police Office on Thursday confirmed that another police delegation was sent to Germany this week. A report over radio dzBB quoted National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Soriano as saying that another PNP delegation left for Germany for an “official business" last Tuesday. The report said the delegation team includes PNP Directorial Staff chief Geary Barias, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Senior Superintendent Magtanggol Gatdula, QCPD deputy director for operations Senior Superintendent Federico Laciste, and QCPD Mobile Force chief Senior Superintendent Neri Ilagan, and Horacio Lagdao, a House of Representatives sergeant-at-arms. Soriano did not indicate the budget allocated for the trip. Over the weekend, former PNP comptroller Eliseo Dela Paz and his wife were held at the Moscow airport in Russia for failing to declare €105,000 or P6.9 million in contingency funds for the PNP delegation that attended the 77th International Police (Interpol) Assembly at St. Petersburg in Moscow, Russia on October 7-10. The amount exceeded the ceiling of €10,000. In a television report on Wednesday, Dela Paz however said there was nothing irregular in the undeclared cash fund. "Everything is aboveboard, everything that has been done. Unfortunately ang naging lapse lang namin is we're not able to declare it. (The lapse on our part was we were not able to declare it) We don't know about it," Dela Paz said. - GMANews.TV