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Duterte to create own task force to investigate DPWH corruption
By Fernan Angeles TWO days after Secretary Mark Villar announced the creation of an in-house task force to look into alleged corruption in his agency, President Rodrigo Duterte announced he is all set to form a separate task force to rid anomalies in the graft-riddled Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Villar earlier this…
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No more corruption of pandemic funds, says Duterte
By Fernan Angeles PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has made a public admission that corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation did happen and hurt what is already an ailing nation. He however assured the public that additional funds allocated for the government’s COVID-19 response were and will be spent properly. “I must admit, and it would…
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Port of Limay Customs opens its customer care center: Will it lessen corruption?
By Christian Supnad LIMAY, Bataan – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Limay has formally inaugurated its Customer Care Center (CCC) to fully implement the zero contact policy in support of the Bureau’s directive to lessen face-to-face transactions with stakeholders and in compliance with the Ease of Doing Business policy. The CCC is…
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Prove innocence in court, Duterte tells Morales
By Fernan Angeles IF you’re innocent, prove it in court, said President Rodrigo Duterte moments after approving the recommendation of the multi-agency task force created to probe the alleged corruption activities in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to file criminal and administrative cases against former PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales and several other officials of…
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PhilHealth officials move to void suspension
By John Clifford Lintao CLAIMING to have been deprived of due process, two officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) have asked the Office of the Ombudsman to void the preventive suspension slapped against them over corruption allegations at the state health insurer. PhilHealth senior vice president Dennis Mas and lawyer Lawrence Mijares, in…
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PhilHealth ‘most corrupt’ agency, says PACC chief
By Fernan Angeles GONE are the days when the Bureau of Customs and the Bureau of Internal Revenue lorded over the list of government agencies where corruption allegedly thrives. No less than the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chief Greco Belgica hinted at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation as the become number one on the list of…
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Duterte wants all gov’t transactions publicized
By Fernan Angeles IN an apparent effort to impose transparency in all government offices, President Rodrigo Duterte hinted at the need for transactions of various government agencies to be publicized amid allegations of corruption. In his pre-recorded public address aired on Tuesday, Duterte said he wants expenses of government agencies to be published in newspapers,…
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Except for Morales, 13 PhilHealth officials suspended
By Fernan Angeles EXCEPT for Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) President Ricardo Morales, all 13 executives of the embattled state insurer were slapped with a six-month suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. In issuing the six-month suspension, Ombudsman Samuel Martires cited the need to keep the PhilHealth officials away from the agency to ensure…
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Inter-agency task force to probe PhilHealth mess
By Fernan Angeles MALACAÑANG is creating an inter-agency task force to probe the allegations of anomalies in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the President ordered the formation of a task force that would see the Department of Justice, Office of the Ombudsman, Commission on Audit, Civil Service Commission, Office…