(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte still trusts PhilHealth chief and COO Ricardo Morales despite the corruption allegations in the agency, Senator Bong Go said. According to the senator, though, “‘yung mga tauhan sa baba, dapat niyang tingnan mabuti at dapat nga po ay imbestigahan.” Nevertheless, he said the President would await the results of the probe by the Office of the Special Assistant to the President Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain. The President ordered the […]
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President Duterte orders probe into allegations of anomalies in PhilHealth
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered an investigation into the allegations of anomalies in PhilHealth. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the probe into the claims of Thorsson Montes Keith will be headed by Undersecretary Jesus Melchor Quitain of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President. Keith resigned as PhilHealth anti-fraud officer citing four reasons in his letter to PhilHealth CEO and president Ricardo Morales: his opposition to the mandatory payment of PhilHealth contributions […]
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 […]





