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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE video links Hontiveros to 2014 PhilHealth bonus controversy anew

By VERA Files | Apr 20, 2023 4:12 PM

A YouTube video which is also circulating on Facebook (FB) has revived the false claim that Sen. Risa Hontiveros benefitted from Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) illegal bonuses in 2014. Records show Hontiveros was not involved in the mess. This false claim has been circulating since 2018 and debunked numerous times by VERA Files Fact […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video resurfaces FALSE claim that Hontiveros ‘stole’ from PhilHealth funds

By VERA Files | Mar 02, 2023 1:49 PM

A video circulating on Facebook (FB) and YouTube revived a false claim that Sen. Risa Hontiveros took funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Hontiveros was not involved in the 2014 PhilHealth bonus controversy. The 19-minute video posted on Feb. 27, bore the headline: “RISA IBALIK DAPAT PERA NG PHILHEALTH BAGO NIYA ISULONG NA […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT involved in 2014 PhilHealth bonus mess

By VERA Files | Jan 05, 2023 3:48 PM

A video on YouTube falsely claims that the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Sen. Risa Hontiveros to return pilfered funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). The senator is not involved in the case at all. On Dec. 30, a YouTube channel uploaded the video with the untrue headline: “JUST IN: KORTE MAY ORDER […]

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Sino ang angkop para maging PhilHealth chief?

By VERA Files | Sep 15, 2020 4:30 PM

Ang pagtatalaga ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kay Dante Gierran, dating director ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), bilang pangulo at chief executive officer ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), isang government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), ay humakot ng mga katanungan tungkol sa kanyang mga kwalipikasyon para sa posisyon.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Who’s fit for PhilHealth chief?

By VERA Files | Sep 15, 2020 3:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s appointment of Dante Gierran, former director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), a government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC), has raised questions on his qualifications for the job.

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Leaving behind a legacy through PhilHealth mess

By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 31, 2020 2:45 PM

In his last public address on the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte gave clear and specific statements that the billions of pesos allocated for COVID-related programs and activities would all be accounted for up to the last peso.

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This sordid PhilHealth mess

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Aug 28, 2020 9:15 AM

The PhilHealth mess is still unfolding and it seems that we have not seen the worst of it.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NBI did NOT name Noynoy Aquino, Hontiveros as subjects of PhilHealth probe

By VERA Files | Aug 27, 2020 3:36 PM

That Hontiveros and Aquino are included in the investigation has no basis as the NBI merely announced the creation of a task-force to probe the anomalies.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT involved in P15 billion corruption mess in PhilHealth

By VERA Files | Aug 14, 2020 9:42 AM

The vlogger in the video did not allege that Hontiveros pocketed P15 billion.

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The President’s trusted men

By Tita C. Valderama | Aug 10, 2020 12:19 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has come under heavy criticism for keeping Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) President and Chief Executive Officer Ricardo Morales despite serious doubts on their competence amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

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