Group Urges Ombudsman to Revisit PhilHealth Fund Diversion Dismissal
A coalition of doctors and lawyers in the Philippines has asked the Ombudsman to review its decision clearing top government officials in the controversial P60-billion transfer of PhilHealth reserve funds to the national treasury. The group argues that the ultimate beneficiaries of the diverted funds were not adequately investigated.
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