Central Banks

Second Philippine Central Bank Official Offers to Quit, Star Reports

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas headquarters complex in Manila.

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A second member of the Philippine central bank’s policy-setting Monetary Board offered to resign amid an ongoing investigation into the presence of “ghost” employees at the institution, the Philippine StarBloomberg Terminal reported on Saturday, citing an unidentified official at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Anita Linda Aquino recently submitted her resignation letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., according to the report. Neither Aquino nor Marcos’s office responded immediately to requests for comment.