THE powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed the ad interim appointment of Francisco Duque 3rd as secretary of Department of Health on Wednesday, three months after he took the stewardship of the DoH, hoping to recapture its “glorious days.”

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Duque as Health secretary after the CA rejected the appointment of then head Paulyn Ubial.

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