Duterte reappoints 4 Cabinet secretaries

President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed the ad interim appointment of four Cabinet secretaries who have yet to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments.

Duterte has reappointed Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu.

The appointments of Taguiwalo, Mariano, and Ubial have been bypassed by the CA while Cimatu has yet to face the powerful commission.

Their reappointment papers were signed on June 1 but released only by Malacañang on July 4. JE

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