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Senator Risa Hontiveros couldn’t have been concerned within the launch of unauthorized allowances in 2010 because the senator turned a PhilHealth board member in 2014
Declare: A latest Supreme Court docket (SC) ruling sentenced Senator Risa Hontiveros for the unauthorized bonuses paid to Philippine Well being Insurance coverage Company (PhilHealth) officers and staff in 2010.
Score: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The declare was made in YouTube movies posted on June 17. One of many movies has 4,988 views and was posted by a channel with 27,000 subscribers. One other channel with 116,000 subscribers posted a video with an identical declare.
The video’s title reads: “Grabe to! PhilHealth ni Hontiveros hinatulan ng korte. Marcoleta, Sonza hawak ebidensya.” (That is insane! Hontiveros’s [act] in PhilHealth sentenced by a courtroom. Marcoleta, Sonza maintain proof.)
The details: Hontiveros was not concerned within the 2010 PhilHealth bonus mess because it occurred earlier than the senator was appointed a board member of the state insurer.
As beforehand reported by Rappler, Hontiveros was a PhilHealth board member from November 2014 to October 2015, by which period the unlawful allowances had already been launched.
In a 2018 Vera Recordsdata truth test, former PhilHealth company communication supervisor Rey Baleña refuted Hontiveros’ alleged inclusion within the notices of disallowances for the unauthorized perks launched in 2009, 2010, and 2014.
“Former Board Member and now Senator Risa Hontiveros is just not included within the topic Discover of Disallowance (ND),” Baleña mentioned in an electronic mail to Vera Recordsdata.
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SC ruling: The false declare on Hontiveros’ involvement within the PhilHealth scandal surfaced following the February 2024 Supreme Court docket resolution upholding the notices of disallowances issued by the Fee on Audit (COA). The state auditor had flagged Philhealth’s issuance of allowances totaling P43.8 million to its officers and staff in 2010.
In its 15-page resolution, the Excessive Court docket junked PhilHealth’s petition to put aside COA’s 2016 ruling and 2020 decision, which denied the state insurer’s petition for a evaluation of the discover for lack of advantage. The SC famous that COA didn’t commit grave abuse of discretion, and mentioned PhilHealth “should guarantee the provision of funds and should perform its fiduciary accountability by means of efficient stewardship, correct administration, and upkeep of reserves.”
Related truth checks: Hontiveros has been repeatedly linked to the PhilHealth corruption scandal – in 2010, 2014, 2015, and 2019. Rappler has printed a number of fact-checks debunking these claims:
False claims on Hontiveros’ supposed involvement within the PhilHealth anomalies resurfaced in latest months amid the senator’s probe into the alleged human rights abuses of fugitive preacher Apollo Quiboloy. – Ailla Dela Cruz/Rappler.com
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