BREAKING. President Rodrigo Duterte wants former NBI chief Dante Gierran to become the new president and chief executive officer of the embattled PhilHealth.
President Rodrigo Duterte wants former National Bureau of Investigation chief Dante Gierran to become the new president and chief executive officer of the embattled Philippine Health Insurance Corporation .Gierran still needs to be elected by the PhilHealth board before he is able to assume the role of CEO and president.
Gierran takes the place of former PhilHealth Chief and retired General Ricardo Morales who resigned last August 26. Duterte earlier relieved Morales from office for health reasons, as he is battling cancer. Gierran had just retired from his position at the NBI last February, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65.
Gierran’s stint at the NBI was not without controversy as Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed former member of the Davao Death Squad, had linked the official to the killing of a man in 2007 who was “fed to crocodiles.”
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