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+ May 28, 2021 Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia disclosed on May 25 that Marinduque Gov. Presbitero Velasco Jr., president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines, informed her that local government Secretary Eduardo Año knew of a plan to sue her for being “defiant” of protocols concerning returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs).
“He (Año) said IATF is firm that Reso 114 should be strictly complied. They are worried about transmission of variants. He said Sec. Harry (Roque) and (Justice Secretary) Meynard Guevarra are considering legal action against you,” thhe governor quoted Velasco as saying.
CEBU CITY – Two Cabinet secretaries are reportedly mulling legal action against Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia for her supposed defiance of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) protocol involving overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs). The Cebu governor on Tuesday disclo
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ng late filing (When it comes to filing of claims, the PhilHealth was given 60 days to process documents. Despite PhilHealth’s long explanation, the President ordered them to shorten, reconfigure, and simplify requirements for the settling of claims. This includes stretching the limit for late filing,” he said.
Roque said Duterte requested the processing of claims “to be simplified and just let the indigent patient sign so he will be able to go home after his treatment.”
“Yung ideal
po (What is ideal) is to compress the process more and not bring more hardship to the sick and indigent Filipino patient and not have to worry about the process,” he said.