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Palace lauds Gierran for “decisiveness” that led to courtesy resignation of senior PhilHealth officials

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Oct. 9, lauded PhilHealth chief Dante Gierran for his “decisiveness” that led to the courtesy resignation of PhilHealth senior officials. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Gierran’s move was an implementation of an old PhilHealth Board Resolution, which he said Gierran’s   predecessor, Ricardo Morales, “blatantly failed to carry out.” He said according to the resolution,  all senior officers with Salary Grade 26 and above should tender their courtesy […]

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3 PhilHealth officials resign

(Eagle News)–Three PhilHealth officials have resigned over alleged corruption in the agency. One of the officials was anti-fraud legal officer Thorrsson Montes Keith, who cited four reasons for his resignation, which is effective Aug. 31. The other two are not immediately known. Keith said in his letter to PhilHealth president and CEO Ricardo Morales that he was resigning because of his opposition to the mandatory payment of PhilHealth contributions by Overseas Filipino Workers which he […]

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