COA: 7,210 dead pensioners collected P615M from AFP

COA: 7,210 dead pensioners collected P615M from AFP

MANILA, Philippines – For almost a decade, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has been giving out pension payments to over 7,000 dead pensioners, said the Commission on Audit.  COA’s 2023 audit report released on December 1, 2024, said that from 2014 to 2023 the AFP paid out P615.64 million to 7,210 deceased pensioners. In the 2023 report of the General Headquarters-AFP, the government auditors said it was  the responsibility of the AFP P…