Philhealth probes
medical missions
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Doctors
and hospitals here involved in supposedly free medical
missions but filed reimbursement claims at the Philippine
Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) are now the
target of an investigation.
This
was bared to the Chronicle by PhilHealth fact-finding
and administrative investigation chief Atty. Jay Villegas
in an interview yesterday.
Reports
of frequent medical missions here have alarmed PhilHealth
officials after finding out that claims were made against
the health insurance firm while patients were made to
believe their treatments were for free.
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16TH BISHOP'S
ORDINATION. Msgr. Crispin "Bai"
Varquez is ordained bishop by Msgr. Leonardo Medroso
during solemn rites at the St. Joseph Cathedral
last Friday, attended by the religious and lay
leaders as well as top government officials as
a tribute. He will be honored today by his town
mates in the municipality of Sevilla while his
installation as bishop of Borongan, Samar is slated
next month. Foto DANNY REYES
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Just
Before Deadline.....
Oil
firms hike prices
by 50¢ per liter
MANILA.
As world oil prices hit a record $90 per barrel, local
oil firms decided to raise pump prices of gasoline,
diesel and kerosene by 50 centavos a liter and liquefied
petroleum gas prices by 56 centavos a kilogram, inclusive
of the 12-percent value-added tax.
Pilipinas
Shell Petroleum Corp. started the round of price hikes
at 12:01 a.m. yesterday, followed by Petron Corp. and
Total Phil. at 6 a.m. and Chevron Phil. at noon.
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PREVIOUS ISSUES
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Guv,
3 solons deny Palace "cash gifts"
By KIT BAGAIPO
Governor
Erico Aumentado and congressmen Edgar Chatto, Roberto
Cajes and Adam Relson Jala denied having received money
during a breakfast meeting in Malacañang on Thursday
last week.
Aumentado
urged fellow governors and the congressmen who said
they received cash gifts during a meeting in Malacañang
to return the money.
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GSP
Bohol Council
turns Diamond in '08
On
its 59th year anniversary on Oct. 16, 2007, the Girl
Scouts of the Philippines Bohol Council launched its
yearlong celebration for a Diamond Jubilee Anniversary.
As
a kickoff activity, the council president with the executive
committee members of the council board, planted 60 Molave
trees along the highway of barangay San Isidro going
to Corella, Bohol. The ceremonial tree planting was
in coordination with barangay chair Artemio Case Caseñas,
Jr. and barangay kagawad Ester Budlong.
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IT'S
STILL THE ENVIRONMENT, GENTLEMEN
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We
acknowledge the momentum of development in the
city as well as in the countrysides' tourism
prospects. But there are glaring realities which
need to be addressed before the sun sets and
we call it a day.
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We
would like to be frank with the Provincial Governor,
and the mayors of this city and the towns of Albur,
Panglao and Dauis. It has all to do with the Environment
- and let's just start with garbage and waste disposal.
There is a Babel of voices on this one - but we
seem to be caught in a time warp, unable to move.
Let's go back to basics, even Charlie Brown will
say.
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| WATER,
PLEASE! Pres. Arroyo eagerly waits for the water to
flow at the expensive P3.6-billion Bayongan Dam irrigation
project last Friday with Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura,
Gov. Erico Aumentado, Reps. Edgar Chatto, Roberto Cajes
and Adam Jala. Foto DANNY REYES |
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