(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed officers in charge to the Departments of Information, Communications Technology, and the Department of Health.
DICT Undersecretary Eliseo Mijares Rio Jr. will take the helm of the agency previously led by Rodolfo Salalima, who resigned in September.
Reports, however, later said he was made to resign by President Rodrigo Duterte, following allegations he favored Globe over other telecommunications companies.
DOH Undersecretary Herminigildo Valle, for his part, will replace Paulyn Ubial as head of the DOH.
This was after Ubial’s nomination as DOH chief was rejected by the powerful Commission on Appointments.
She was the fifth Cabinet member appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to be thumbed down by the CA.
The appointments of Valle and Rio were contained in separate memos issued by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea—by authority of the President–and which were released to the media on Oct. 12.
The newly installed officials will assume their posts “effective immediately.”