'Itaya ko 'yung reputasyon as President, walang kalokohan.' President Duterte once again defended embattled Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, this time against allegations of anomalies in the DOH's coronavirus response.
Martires said he created a joint investigating team to look into supposed irregularities in the health department, including the following:
alleged lapses and irregularities that led to the death of medical workers and the rising number of deaths and infected medical frontliners The payment came after senators earlier pointed out healthcare workers had yet to receive the financial compensation laid out under themore than 3 months after it took effect. At the time, the health department said what caused the delay was the late signing of a joint administrative order on the health workers' compensation, which was signed on June 2.
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