{"id":38011,"date":"2015-01-10T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T10:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=38011"},"modified":"2015-01-10T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T10:20:41","slug":"aquino-satisfied-with-garins-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/10\/aquino-satisfied-with-garins-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquino satisfied with Garin\u2019s performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno S. Aquino III chats with acting Health Secretary Janette Garin during the Association of the Philippine Physicians in America\u2013Philippine Medical Association (APPA-PMA) Joint Congress 2015 Opening Ceremony at the Rigodon Ballroom of the Manila Hotel in One Rizal Park, Manila on Thursday (Jan. 8, 2015). (Photo by Robert Vi\u00f1as\/Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau\/PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ROMBLON, Romblon — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday expressed satisfaction with the performance of Acting Secretary Janette Garin of the Department of Health (DOH).<\/p>\n

In an interview with the media here, the President remained cagey whether he will permanently appoint Garin as health secretary following the resignation of Secretary Enrique Ona but he expressed his contentment with her performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very satisfied with Secretary Garin. We will be putting in another undersecretary to help her,\u201d President Aquino said, adding that the appointment is subject to confirmation by the Commission on Appointments.<\/p>\n

The President said he has his hands full at the moment and will decide on the matter after the visit of Pope Francis on January 15 to 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will deal with a lot of the ministerial stuff after the Pope\u2019s visit. The urgent matters will be attended to now, but those that can wait a little (can wait), so as not to disrupt the people who are working on the Pope\u2019s visit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Garin was present during the interview with the President as she was among the Cabinet members who accompanied him during his visit to Romblon.<\/p>\n

President Aquino named Garin acting secretary of the DOH last October after he asked Ona to go on a one-month leave to give him ample time to answer several questionable projects under his agency, including the purchase of anti-pneumonia vaccines.<\/p>\n

President Aquino said he is willing to talk to Ona after the latter completes his report.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, I\u2019ll talk to him. But I am still awaiting the completion of all the investigations that he has done so that our conversation will have a conclusion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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