Supreme Court orders return of P60-B to PhilHealth | The wRap

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:\

• Supreme Court orders return of P60B to PhilHealth, bars further fund transfer

The Supreme Court unanimously orders the return of P60 billion to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. This, after the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the fund transfer from Philhealth to the National Treasury in 2024.

• Babes Singson: ICI powerless to act

Former public works chief Rogelio ‘Babes’ Singson says the Independent Commission for Infrastructure does not have enough powers to carry out its mandate. This, he says just a day after his resignation as commissioner of the investigative body.

• Marcos orders DILG, PNP to track down Sarah Discaya over P96-M ghost project

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. orders the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police to track down controversial contractor Sarah Discaya and others allegedly involved in a ghost project in Davao Occidental.

• SEC revokes 2 Discaya firms’ registration over false ownership information

The Securities and Exchange Commission revokes the registrations of two Discaya-owned firms for failing to disclose beneficial ownership information.

• US widens travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says

The United States plans to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban to more than 30. US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says Thursday, December 4, President Donald Trump is continuing to evaluate the countries. —Rappler.com