MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Ombudsman Samuel Martires suspended for six months without pay eight senior officials of Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) who are facing administrative and criminal complaints in connection with the alleged irregular release of P2.7 billion (US$56,000) from the insurer’s interim reimbursement mechanism (IRM).
The officials were identified as Arnel de Jesus, chief operating officer; Renato Limsiaco and Israel Francis Pargas, senior vice presidents; Gregorio Rulloda, vice president for National Capital Region (NCR); Lolita Tuliao, NCR central branch manager; and Imelda Trinidad de Vera-Pe, Gemma Sibucao and Lailani Padua, executives.