Palace says gov’t to pay debt to PH Red Cross
“It’s really non-payment of bills on time that is killing us here, because they owe us now, as of Dec. 1, P623 million,” Gordon told ANC.
“It’s really non-payment of bills on time that is killing us here, because they owe us now, as of Dec. 1, P623 million,” Gordon told ANC.
“Let’s allow na lang the president to say what he wants to say and let that remain on record. Bahala na ang PRC to construe what the president said,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque said in a Laging Handa briefing.
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has received P700 million from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) as payment of its P1-billion debt, according to PRC Chairman and Senator Richard Gordon.
“Mukhang pera,” Duterte said in response to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III’s report about the effects of PRC’s testing halt.
The average daily case count in the first half of October was at 2,517. It dropped to 1,887 the past two weeks, according to the Department of Health.