PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has yet to appoint a new head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) after Secretary Judy Taguiwalo's ad interim appointment was rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA), Malacañang said on Friday.

In a press conference, Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said no names have been raised yet on who would replace Taguiwalo but added that an officer-in-charge would be named.

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