Secretary Roque

‘6 PhilHealth regional officers file leave of absence’ – Roque

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed that six regionall officers of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have filed for leave of absence. According to Roque, the officials who filed for temporary leave were not the state-health insurance staff involved in the corruption issue. These six officials, however, are not the “mafia” referred to by Senator…

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Duterte

‘President Duterte did not leave the Philippines; he focuses on COVID-19 crisis ’- Roque

Malacañang has denied reports that President Rodrigo Duterte allegedly left the country amid the COVID-19 crisis. In a statement, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the chief executive is here in the country and is closely monitoring the pandemic situation. “There is no truth that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte left the country this weekend,” said Sec….

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Duterte will not remove PhilHealth chief

Duque, 3 more Cabinet men explained in PhilHealth anomaly

MANILA, Philippines – Four other Cabinet members are supposed to explain the issues of corruption and anomalies to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). According to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, in addition to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, should also include Labor Sec. Silvestre Bello III, DSWD Sec. Rolando Bautista, Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III and…

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Private schools, request DepEd not to include them in Oct. 5 class opening

The Coordinating Council of the Private Educational Association of the Philippines (COCOPEA) has asked the Department of Education (DepEd) not to include them in the delayed opening of classes on October 5. COCOPEA Managing Director Joseph Noel Estrada said many private schools have just opened this DepEd announcement. It asserted that private schools were ready…

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