Duterte appoints new Health, FDA and other gov’t officials

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new batch of government officials, including former Philippine Health Insurance Corporation acting president Roy Ferrer as Health Assistant Secretary and Rolando Enrique Domingo as new Director-General of the Food and Drug Administration .The appointment papers of Ferrer and Domingo were signed by the President last February 6 and released by the Palace on Monday.

Domingo, on the other hand, served as officer-in-charge of the FDA following the dismissal of FDA head Nela Charade Puno last year. The list of new presidential appointees also included retired Air Force chief Rozzano Briguez as member of the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation board, former IBC-13 president Katherine de Castro as member of the People’s Television Netowrk Inc. board.; Trade Undersecretary Rowel Barba, Director General of Intellectual Property Office, and lawyer Lorna Kapunan as member of the Cultural Center of the Philippines board.

The President also formalized the appointments of retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin as member of Government Service Insurance System board; Giovanni Carlo Bacardo, flag officer-in-command of the Philippine Navy; and Joel Joseph Marciano, ad interim Director General of the Philippine Space Agency.

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