Manila, Oct. 14 -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is still conducting lifestyle checks on government officials, over a month after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered the audit in response to alleged anomalies in flood control spending.

Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed on Tuesday that the bureau has started carrying out the President's directive.

"Inutos na po sa BIR at ngayon po ay ongoing po ang ginagawa pong lifestyle check (BIR has been tasked to do the audit, and the lifestyle checks are ongoing)," Castro told reporters in a Palace press briefing.

She said the Palace could not provide a timeline for when initial findings would be released.

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