{"id":126845,"date":"2017-10-27T01:17:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T05:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=126845"},"modified":"2017-10-27T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T05:17:51","slug":"doh-welcomes-duques-appointment-as-health-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/27\/doh-welcomes-duques-appointment-as-health-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH welcomes Duque\u2019s appointment as health chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_126840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126840\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bot-duque.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-126840\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bot-duque.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Duque also served as DOH Secretary from June 2005 to January 2010 under the administration of former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Photo: GSIS website)\" width=\"624\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bot-duque.jpg 624w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/bot-duque-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Duque also served as DOH Secretary from June 2005 to January 2010 under the administration of former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (Photo: GSIS website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s appointment of former Department of Health (DOH) and Civil Service Commission (CSC) chief, Francisco Duque III, as interim Health Secretary on Thursday has drawn positive reactions.<\/p>\n<p>In a text message, Undersecretary Herminigildo Valle, who has served as DOH officer-in-charge after Dr. Paulyn Ubial\u2019s appointment was rejected, praised Duque&#8217;s capability and lengthy experience as a public servant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is definitely capable and experienced,&#8221; said Valle who was attending a National Staff Meeting in Iloilo when the announcement was made.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the DOH is ready to move forward under Duque\u2019s able leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Leachon, former president of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) and current PhilHealth independent director, said, \u201cSecretary Duque is a competent and well experienced public official with unquestionable integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leachon added that in his interaction with Duque, he has witnessed the latter\u2019s \u201cprofessionalism, dedication and vast knowledge of PhilHealth management issues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Duque) will definitely be a great asset to President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s administration,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his appointment, Duque also served as chairman of the board of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s appointment of former Department of Health (DOH) and Civil Service Commission (CSC) chief, Francisco Duque III, as interim &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":126840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[25035,18676,29693,978,27497],"class_list":["post-126845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-civil-service-commission-csc","tag-department-of-health-doh","tag-francisco-duque-iii","tag-malacanang","tag-undersecretary-herminigildo-valle","mauthors-leilani-junio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}