Palace hits sacked SSS director

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte fired Social Security System (SSS) commissioner Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña because of his repeated requests for millions of pesos to fund media programs and for waging a “vilification” campaign against the agency’s executives, Malacañang disclosed on Saturday.

In a statement, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. cited the reasons behind Duterte’s firing of La Viña, which include the latter’s request for millions of pesos to fund a social media program and a “media advertising program.”