President Rodrigo Duterte has reappointed his secretaries who have been bypassed by the powerful Commission on Appointments.

Duterte signed on December 14 the ad interim appointment papers of Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd and Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones, according to the documents released by Malacañang on Friday.

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