Ombudsman suspends 11 PhilHealth officials

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of 11 incumbent and former officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).

A resolution obtained by The Manila Times showed that those ordered suspended were former acting president Roy Ferrer; former interim president Celestina Ma. Jude de la Serna; then-Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Ruben John Basa; Dennis Mas, senior vice president for the Management Services Sector; Shirley Domingo, vice president for Corporate Affairs Group; Rodolfo del Rosario Jr., a senior vice president; then-Head Executive Assistant Raul Dominic Badilla; then-Head Executive Assistant Israel Pargas; then-Corporate Legal Counsel Angelito Grande; then-Attorney IV, Office of the Corporate Legal Counsel Lawrence Mijares; and then-acting senior manager of the Human Resource Department Leila Tuazon.