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Duterte approves corruption charges vs PhilHealth officials
President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the filing of criminal and administrative charges against former Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president and CEO Ricardo Morales and other executives due to alleged corruption and irregularities.
The charges will include graft and corruption, malversation of public funds and property, and tax-related violations.
Administrative charges for dishonesty, gross neglect of duty, misconduct, falsification of public documents, disloyalty, inefficiency, and incompetence were also sought.
Other PhilHealth executives recommended for charges include Senior Vice Presidents Jovita Aragona, Renato Limsiaco Jr., and Israel Pargas, along with Officer in Charge Calixto Gabuya Jr., and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Arnel de Jesus.
President Duterte stated that those implicated would have to face trial, emphasizing that the totality of evidence supports the conclusion of wrongful acts or omissions by key corporate officers.
The Senate had also previously recommended charges against some of these executives, including Morales, De Jesus, Limsiaco, and Pargas, following its own investigation.
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President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed full trust in Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, telling him not to resign amidst calls for his ouster due to alleged billion-peso anomalies within the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
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A Department of Justice-led task force has given composite teams 30 days to wrap up their separate probes into anomalies at PhilHealth.
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President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an ultimatum to PhilHealth chief Dante Gierran, demanding that corruption within the state health insurer be eradicated by the end of 2020.
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III expressed surprise and was "dumbfounded" that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was not included in the criminal and administrative charges recommended by the Department of Justice (DOJ)-led task force investigating irregularities in PhilHealth.
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