Manila, Dec. 1 -- President Rodrigo Duterte has echoed the side of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez that there are no "parked" government funds at the Philippine International Trading Corp. (PITC), an attached agency of DTI.
In a Palace briefing Tuesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte sees no issue in the PITC as the alleged PHP33-billion "parked" funds from different government agencies are not idle but undergoing different stages of procurement.
Some senators have called out PITC to return to the national treasury around PHP33 billion "parked" funds or undelivered projects to various government agencies.
PITC serves as a procurement body for government offices.
Roque said Defense Secreta...