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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendations of a task force to file charges against former PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales and several others in connection with corruption in the state insurer. The President gave his tacit approval as he read out on Monday night the recommendations of the task force formed by the Department of Justice, and which had been submitted in a report to the President on the same day. Based on the […]
(Eagle News) — PhilHealth executive vice president Arnel de Jesus has been designated as the state insurer’s officer-in-charge. PhilHealth corporate secretary Jonathan Mangaoang made the disclosure on Thursday, Aug. 27, during the continuation of hearings on allegations of corruption in PhilHealth, by the House committees on public accounts, and the committee on good government and public accountability. According to Mangaoang, De Jesus’ designation, which would be effective upon the acceptance of Ricardo Morales’ resignation from […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said it would be best for PhilHealth Chief Ricardo Morales to step down from his post, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Guevarra said the President said this last night as he took note of Morales’ “on-and-off health situation” amid the “critical times” for the state insurer. A task force led by Guevarra is probing the allegations of corruption in PhilHealth made by Thorrsson Montes Keith, antifraud […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would go after the corrupt in PhilHealth. The President issued the warning as the Senate and the House of Representatives continue their hearings on allegations of corruption in the state insurer. Other government agencies are conducting parallel probes into the allegations made by Thorrsson Montes Keith, with the Department of Justice creating a task force for that purpose upon the orders of President Duterte. “Huwag kayong magkakamali. Itong […]
(Eagle News)–PhilHealth Chief Ricardo Morales has filed a medical leave. Morales made the disclosure in a television interview on Monday, Aug. 10, days after his doctor advised him to file the leave as he continues his chemotherapy for lymphoma. “Well I have already relayed to my bosses my intentions and it’s up to them to decide,” he said. He said he avoided taking the leave before since PhilHealth was “in a difficult time.” He cited […]
May be unable to attend next Senate hearing (Eagle News) — PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales and another high-ranking official may not be able attend the next Senate hearing on alleged anomalies in the state insurer as they disclosed their respective medical conditions. Apart from Morales, 67, who was reportedly advised by his doctor to take a leave of absence as he continues his chemotherapy for lymphoma, Arnel de Jesus, PhilHealth’s executive vice president and chief […]
Probe to include lifestyle check of PhilHealth officials, audit of PhilHealth finances (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Justice to organize a panel that will investigate the allegations of corruption in PhilHealth. In a memorandum to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, President Duterte also ordered the audit of PhilHealth finances and conduct of a lifestyle check on the state insurer’s officials and employees. According to the President, the DOJ shall have the authority […]
(Eagle News) — PhilHealth on Thursday, Aug. 6, denied the corruption allegations made by a newly-resigned employee against its senior officials. In a statement, PhilHealth said its senior officials never pocketed around P15 billion as alleged by Thorrsson Montes Keith during a Senate hearing on Aug. 4. Keith was PhilHealth’s anti-fraud officer who cited “widespread corruption” as one of the reasons for his resignation in his letter to PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales in July. According […]
(Eagle News) — The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended the firing or the filing of charges against 36 PhilHealth officials. PACC commissioner Greco Belgica said in an interview this was the content of the PACC’s initial report to the Office of the President on corruption allegations against the state insurer. Belgica did not, however, name the officials. According to Belgica, the “bulk of the problem” was PhilHealth, which he said does not validate the claims […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte won’t fire PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales unless there is evidence of corruption against him, the Palace said on Wednesday, Aug. 5. In a television interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President himself said this, noting that an investigation was already being conducted by the Senate and Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain. “I think after the evidence are unearthed, the President will move and do the correct thing,” Roque said. Newly-resigned PhilHealth […]
(Eagle News) — Ex-PhilHealth anti-fraud officer Thorrsson Montes Keith on Tuesday, Aug. 4, claimed PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales asked him to iron out issues stemming from supposedly overpriced COVID-19 kits. “May pagkakataon na inutusan pa po ako ni Brig. Gen. Ricardo Morales na puntahan ko si Commissioner Greco Belgica para hilutin ang kaso ng PhilHealth sa overpriced COVID testing kits,” Keith said during a Senate hearing on alleged corruption in the state insurer. Keith was […]
(Eagle News) — PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales on Tuesday, Aug. 4, defended the state insurer’s proposed P2.1-billion information technology project aimed at stopping fraud. In defending the proposed program which a report had tagged as “overpriced,” Morales said in a Senate inquiry on alleged corruption in PhilHealth that the amount was measly compared to the money PhilHealth stands to lose if fraud is not curbed. “If the corporation stands to lose tens of billions a […]
