PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte ordered the creation of a task force that would investigate issues of corruption surrounding the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), his spokesman said on Friday.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said the task force, to be led by the Department of Justice (DoJ), would  be authorized to issue preventive suspensions against those being  investigated for alleged corruption allegations in the agency.

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