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PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT

PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, respondent.

G.R. No. 152688 | 2003-11-19

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Assailed in this petition for certiorari[1] is the March 5, 2002 decision of the respondent Commission on Audit (COA) in COA Decision No. 2002-044,[2] which disallowed the grant of Staple Food Incentive (SFI) in 1998 to the officers and employees of petitioner Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC).

The undisputed facts show that in accordance with Department Order No. 79 (D.O. No. 79) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), dated December 1, 1998, then Secretary Jose Trinidad Pardo granted, subject to the availability of savings of the respective bureaus/offices/GOCCs, a Staple...