MANILA--The chief of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
on Tuesday linked 2 regional heads to a group supposedly exerting "inordinate influence" over the agency, which is now under investigation over allegations of massive corruption.
"I couldn't move them," he told senators when asked by Hontiveros about a group allegedly "dictating" how things were supposed to be run at PhilHealth. Hontiveros reminded Morales that in 2019, just 6 weeks as PhilHealth president, he mentioned "3 senior vice presidents" allegedly "resisting rotation." In response, he mentioned Alonto and Dennis Adre, Region XI vice-president.
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