MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Audit (COA) has told Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) officials to pay for the anomalous demolition of a building in 2014.

In an audit observation memorandum dated March 14, the COA audit team assigned to the DENR said the agency's officials responsible for the demolition without getting approval for the construction of a new building should pay for the structure, which was last valued at P20.4 million in 1997.
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