Ni GENALYN D. KABILING
Nagbalik sa dating niyang puwesto bilang kalihim ng Department of Health (DoH) si Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Chairman Francisco Duque III.
CSC AWARDEES IN WV— Civil Service Commission (CSC) conferred Department of Tourism (DOT-Boracay Island) represented by Tim Ticar (2nd from left) and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS- Bacolod City) represented by Vilma Fuentes (2nd from right) the 2013 Citizen’s Satisfaction Center Seal of Excellence Award. Joining them were (left and right) DOT-6 regional director Helen Catalbas and CSC chairman Francisco Duque III. (Tara Yap)
Ito ay makaraang italaga siya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte bilang bagong kalihim ng DoH, kapalit ni Paulyn Ubial na hindi inaprubahan ng Commission on Appointments (CA).
Nilagdaan kahapon ng Pangulo ang ad interim appointment ni Duque.
“The Palace wishes to announce the ad interim appointment of Mr. Francisco T. Duque III as Secretary of the Department of Health (DoH). Secretary Duque is not new to the DoH. He used to be its Secretary from June 2005 to January 2010,” sabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella. “We wish him well in his present stint in the government.”
Bago naitalaga sa Gabinete, itinalaga ni Pangulong Duterte si Duque bilang kasapi ng GSIS Board of Trustees noong Pebrero. Makalipas ang isang buwan, si Duque na ang naging chairman ng GSIS.
Doktor ang propesyon, nagsilbi rin si Duque bilang chairman ng Civil Service Commission (CSC) simula 2010 hanggang 2015.
Bago naitalaga sa CSC, nagsilbi siyang kalihim ng DoH at president-chief executive officer ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation sa administrasyong Arroyo.
