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(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a career officer at the helm of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, instead of a military official. “The President should reconsider his decision to appoint a retired military officer as DSWD secretary. The DSWD is a very sensitive and crucial social welfare agency,” Drilon said in an interview with DZBB on Sunday, Oct. 7. He was referring to Lieutenant General Rolando […]
(Eagle News) — Gabriela party-list Rep. Emmi de Jesus slammed the looming appointment of Army chief Lieutenant General Rolando Bautista as Social Welfare secretary, saying, among others, that the delivery of social protection programs “will be further militarized.” In a statement, she said the conditional cash transfer program of 4Ps will also “be further aligned to counterinsurgency operations that terrorize poor communities.” “With a retiring Army chief and ground commander of the destruction of Marawi as […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace has designated an officer in charge in the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Appointed was Social Welfare Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco. Layco’s appointment comes after Judy Taguiwalo was rejected as social welfare secretary by the powerful Commission on Appointments. Taguiwalo is the third Cabinet official appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte who was rejected by the CA. First was Perfecto Yasay and then Gina Lopez as secretaries of foreign affairs […]
