PhilHealth Vice President for Operations Augustus de Villa resigns from his post Thursday, August 6, amid the ongoing probe into corruption allegations at the state agency. Read:
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Vice President for Operations Augustus de Villa has tendered his"irrevocable resignation" amid the ongoing probe into corruption allegations at the state agency.
"The Vice Chairman knows fully well the reasons. I briefed him earlier today at his residence in Quezon City," he added. In a statement sent to media, Senator Panfilo Lacson said he hopes that De Villa will be “part of an advocacy group within PhilHealth and contribute in exposing more shenanigans based on his personal knowledge.”
“That said, resigned or not, the chair of the committee of the whole, SP Sotto has already issued a subpoena duces tecum and therefore, General De Villa is under a legal order to present it to the committee in the next hearing,” Lacson added. PhilHealth board member Alejandro Cabading said that the proposed 2020 budget of PhilHealth's ICT sector was bloated by at least P734 million.
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