(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday swore in a new president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. amid the string of controversies that hounded the state health insurer. The President administered the oath of office to Dr. Edwin Mercado in Malacañang on Tuesday morning, replacing Emmanuel R.…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators are looking forward to changes that would happen under United States-trained orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Edwin Mercado, who has been appointed by President Marcos as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito is hoping that Mercado will prioritize the implementation of the Universal…
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(PHILIPPINE TRIBUNE) (UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Edwin Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon, as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Malacañang said Tuesday. Mercado, who replaced Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. as head of the state insurer, took his oath before the president in Malacañang on Tuesday, the Presidential…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — “Do not do what your predecessor did.” These were the words used by Senate President Chiz Escudero when he was asked to comment on the appointment of Dr. Edwin Mercado as the new president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). In an ambush interview on Tuesday, Escudero said…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada issued a stern warning Tuesday night to resource persons who answer “disrespectfully” during budget hearings, warning that these agencies could get their budget deferred due to misbehavior. Estrada raised this warning at the Senate’s marathon plenary debates on the proposed 2025 funding of the Philippine…
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THE Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development will get the ball rolling on bills seeking to protect caregivers against abuse, harassment, violence, and exploitation and requiring the grant of benefits, including the monetization of unused annual service incentive leaves, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday said. “Nais nating bigyan hindi lang ng…
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(MANILA STANDARD) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said setting up an online death verification system in the country will facilitate early detection and prevention of identity theft of deceased persons. He said it was proven during Senate investigations that the names of deceases were being used in many instances, including fraudulent payment claims, election cheating, and…
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(GMA News) Senator Jinggoy Estrada filed a bill on Wednesday that seeks to establish an Online Death Verification System (ODVS) to ensure government efficiency and strengthen fraud detection. Senate Bill 1436 seeks to facilitate the sharing of information between the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and government bodies that manage insurance and pension funds to suppress any…
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(POLITIKO) Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is seeking the passage of a measure establishing a centralized online database of Filipinos who have already passed away to stem the modus of con artists stealing the identities of deceased persons. “Criminals and syndicates have been exploiting the lack of immediate access to death data in carrying out their fraudulent…
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(PNA) MANILA – Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday called for the centralization of death records through an electronic system that could address the rampant fraud on death claims and other insurance benefits. Estrada said the bill, which will establish the Philippine Death Check (PDC) Register, a centralized electronic database containing mortality data registered with the Local…
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