{"id":269525,"date":"2020-09-23T00:31:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269525"},"modified":"2020-09-23T00:31:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T04:31:42","slug":"duterte-believes-ombudsman-to-file-raps-vs-philhealth-execs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/23\/duterte-believes-ombudsman-to-file-raps-vs-philhealth-execs\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte believes Ombudsman to file raps vs. PhilHealth execs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_204928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204928\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/12994564_1115766561821355_2091143319273445715_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204928\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/12994564_1115766561821355_2091143319273445715_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/12994564_1115766561821355_2091143319273445715_n.jpg 520w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/12994564_1115766561821355_2091143319273445715_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">n a virtual Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte described Martires as a \u201creasonable man\u201d for aiding the investigation into anomalies surrounding the PhilHealth. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PhilHealthofficial\/photos\/a.261644413900245\/1115766561821355\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte believes that Ombudsman Samuel Martires will eventually file corresponding charges against former Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president and chief executive officer Ricardo Morales and other officials, Malaca\u00f1ang said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a virtual Palace briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte described Martires as a \u201creasonable man\u201d for aiding the investigation into anomalies surrounding the PhilHealth.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKung ikukumpara mo doon sa<\/em>\u00a0Task Force PhilHealth\u00a0<em>na isang buwan nagkaroon na ng rekomendasyon, siyempre mas matagal po iyong proseso sa<\/em>\u00a0Ombudsman (If you compare it to the Task Force PhilHealth that released a recommendation within a month, of course, the process in the Ombudsman is longer),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said Duterte is hopeful that the Ombudsman would \u201cexpedite\u201d and \u201ccut delays\u201d in the investigation into massive corruption within the state insurer.<\/p>\n<p>In a taped public address late Monday night, Duterte said the good rapport between the Ombudsman and Executive department aided the probe into irregularities within the PhilHealth.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte lauded Martires for \u201ctrying his best\u201d to go after erring PhilHealth officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find Martires as a very reasonable man.\u00a0<em>Pero iyong naglabas \u2018yung sa<\/em>\u00a0PhilHealth\u00a0<em>na sunod-sunod, sabi ko na<\/em>\u00a0(But when allegations involving PhilHealth came out one after the other, I said) well I think he is really also trying his best to help us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Ombudsman earlier ordered a six-month suspension of 13 PhilHealth officials amid ongoing investigations on the alleged fraudulent activities within the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Duterte approved the recommendation of Task Force PhilHealth to file criminal and administrative charges against PhilHealth officials.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte has repeatedly vowed to use his remaining years in office in cleaning PhilHealth and punish officials involved in illicit activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte believes that Ombudsman Samuel Martires will eventually file corresponding charges against former Philippine Health Insurance Corporation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":204928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269544,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269525\/revisions\/269544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}