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President Duterte to DOJ: Create panel that will probe allegations of corruption in PhilHealth

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 […]

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PACC says it recommended sanctions vs 36 PhilHealth officials

(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 […]

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