G.R. No. 159355 - GABRIEL C. SINGSON, ANDRE NAVATO, EDGARDO P. ZIALCITA, ARACELI E. VILLANUEVA, TYRONE M. REYES, JOSE CLEMENTE, JR., FEDERICO PASCUAL, ALEJANDRA C. CLEMENTE, ALBERT P. FENIX, JR., AND MELPIN A. GONZAGA, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT.D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE , the petition is DISMISSED . Decision No. 2002-081, dated April 23, 2002, of the Commission on Audit and its Resolution No. 2003-115, dated July 31, 2003, which denied petitioners' motion for reconsideration thereof and upheld the disallowance of petitioners' Representation and Transportation Allowance (RATA) in the total amount of P1,565,000.00 under Notice of Disallowance No. 99-001-101 (96-96) dated June 7, 1999, are AFFIRMED WITH MODIFICATION. Petitioners need not refund the Representation and Transportation Allowance (RATA) they received pursuant to Monetary Board Resolution No. 15 [30] dated January 5, 1994, as amended by Monetary Board Resolution No. 34 dated January 12, 1994, of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas granting each of them an additional monthly RATA of P1,500.00, for every meeting attended, in their capacity as members of the Board of Directors of Philippine International Convention Center, Inc. (PICCI), or in the total amount of P1,565,000.00, covering the period from 1996-1998. SO ORDERED.