MANILA, Philippines—A corruption scandal is gripping the country’s main government-run mental health facility. Cortez, in the complaint, said Avila, who oversees engineering works in the NCMH, was supposedly an incorporator of Octant. He said the manipulation of project details is done without any authority from the Department of Health (DOH). Cortez said the Department of Health (DOH) through the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) spent P80 million on the project. Cortez said other irregularities hound the NCMH, the country’s prime research training center and hospital for mental and psychiatric illnesses.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 15, 2019 08:37 UTC