MB Daily News Update: Vergeire ready for health portfolio if appointed by PBBM

Jan 31, 2023 04:49 PM

From cash grants to housing, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. addressed the plight and concerns of the poor after attending the 72^nd anniversary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the launch of an urban poor housing project in Quezon City.

Also at the DSWD event, the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte -- lawyer Mons Carpio -- made his first public appearance when he delivered his wife’s message, heaping praise on the agency for its “invaluable role” to empower the people.

Department of Health (DOH) Officer-in-Charge Rosario Vergeire, who has long been at the forefront of the country’s struggles against the Covid-19 pandemic, said that she was ready to be appointed as full-time DOH secretary if appointed by the President.

Marcos and Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez are set to meet with United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin who is set to visit the country this week.

These are among the major stories in the MB Daily News Update this Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

onalComfort Women Lolas with Lila Pilipina-Gabriela and the support group Flowers for Lolas Campaign and Salinlahi held a walk of peace as they rang bells in front of the Japanese Embassy for peace and justice in Roxas Boulivard, Pasay City, on January 31, 2023. The group urges Japan, on the occasion of the Fourth Cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights, to take necessary steps toward a fair and long overdue resolution of the "comfort women" issue, where women were alledgely abused by the Japanese during World War II. (Juan Carlo de Vela)

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