MANILA – Fourteen Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) officials, including chief Ricardo Morales, have signed waivers to allow the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to check their bank accounts.
The signing of waivers came following the challenge of House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte to allow the AMLC to check their transactions amid fresh allegations of corrupt activities within the agency.
Aside from Morales, others who signed bank waivers were EVP COO Arnel De Jesus; SVP Dennis Mas; SVP Atty. Rodolfo Del Rosario Jr.; SVP Jovita Argona; Acting SVP Nerissa Santiago; SVP Renato Limsiaco Jr.; SVP Israel Francis Pargas, MD; VP Oscar Abadu; Corporate Sec. Atty. Jonathan Mangaoang; VP Shirley Domingo, MD; Area VP Walter Bacareza; Area VP Francisco Soria, MD; and Senior Manager Bernadette Lico.
“Binibigyan nila ng karapatan kung sino man ang mag-iimbestiga na tignan ang kanilang mga bank accounts,” said Anakalusugan party-list Representative Mike Defensor during the Monday hearing.
At least nine PhilHealth officials had agreed to sign a waiver during the previous hearing of the committee.
MANILA – Fourteen Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) officials, including chief Ricardo Morales, have signed waivers to allow the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to check their bank accounts.
The signing of waivers came following the challenge of House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte to allow the AMLC to check their transactions amid fresh allegations of corrupt activities within the agency.
Aside from Morales, others who signed bank waivers were EVP COO Arnel De Jesus; SVP Dennis Mas; SVP Atty. Rodolfo Del Rosario Jr.; SVP Jovita Argona; Acting SVP Nerissa Santiago; SVP Renato Limsiaco Jr.; SVP Israel Francis Pargas, MD; VP Oscar Abadu; Corporate Sec. Atty. Jonathan Mangaoang; VP Shirley Domingo, MD; Area VP Walter Bacareza; Area VP Francisco Soria, MD; and Senior Manager Bernadette Lico.
“Binibigyan nila ng karapatan kung sino man ang mag-iimbestiga na tignan ang kanilang mga bank accounts,” said Anakalusugan party-list Representative Mike Defensor during the Monday hearing.
At least nine PhilHealth officials had agreed to sign a waiver during the previous hearing of the committee.
Morales left in the middle of the hearing after “not feeling well.” Two other high-ranking PhilHealth officials also abruptly left the meeting due to other health reasons.
PhilHealth and its officials are under investigation over the agency’s alleged overpriced purchase of an information technology system worth over P2 billion as well as the P15 billion stolen through fraudulent schemes./PN
