(According to Secretary Duque, the Inquirer story is a malicious, baseless article with respect to the amount. Panelo said that the actual figure was closer to P300 million, though he said that he was not sure. Following this, Duterte called for the resignation of PhilHealth officials. Duterte also told them that he directed the NBI to have a full scale investigation. “It’s better for us to wait for the full scale investigation of the NBI para we will not be speculating or guessing,” the spokesperson said.

Source: Philippine Star June 11, 2019 09:45 UTC