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Task Force PhilHealth composite teams given 30 days to wrap up probes
A Department of Justice-led task force has given composite teams 30 days to wrap up their separate probes into anomalies at PhilHealth.
The task force, convened by DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra, aims to prepare complaints if there is enough evidentiary basis after the investigations conclude.
This 30-day period will commence once retired NBI Director Dante Gierran formally assumes his role as PhilHealth president and chief executive officer.
Gierran is expected to take his oath within the week.
The task force was created on August 7 by Guevarra to investigate corruption allegations against PhilHealth, pursuant to President Duterte's directive.
It is composed of the DOJ, the NBI, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP), and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).
Previously, the task force recommended criminal and administrative charges against resigned PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales and other executives for alleged negligence and concealment of documents.
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