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Kadil Jojo M. Sinolinding sworn before
Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) Speaker right after members of the 9th
RLA confirmed his appointment as Department of Health-ARMM Secretary.
Sinolinding was confirmed together with Department of the Interior Local
Government- ARMM Secretary Atty. Noor Hafizulla “Kirby” M. Abdullah and
Department of Labor and Employment- ARMM Secretary Muslimin A. Jakilan. (BUREAU OF PUBLIC INFORMATION-ARMM/ MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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Members
of the 9th Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) have confirmed three Cabinet
Secretaries for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao last February 15 at
the RLA session hall, ORG compound, Cotabato City.
Following
three succeeding hearings for consideration of their nominations, Atty. Noor
Hafizulla “Kirby” M. Abdullah of the Department of the Interior Local
Government, Dr. Kadil M. Sinolinding, Jr. of the Department of Health (DOH),
and Muslimin A. Jakilan of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) were
all confirmed as Regional Secretaries of their respective agencies through
unanimous votes favoring their nominations.
One
of the issues the DILG Secretary had to make a stand was on President Duterte’s
decision to detail divergent members of the Philippine National Police to
Basilan to augment the number of police in the area in fighting lawless
elements.
“I
personally don’t agree, but I see an opportunity in this in a sense that we can
prove to the Philippines that we can be a region of reformists” said Secretary
Abdullah.
Secretary
Jakilan, on the other hand, answered issues on summer jobs for students,
minimum wage, and the Tulong Alalay para sa Disadvantaged Workers or TUPAD
projects being implemented through DOLE Regions 9 and 12.
Secretary
Sinolinding answered issues surrounding the health spectrum of the region,
including unfinished rural health units, inadvertent delivery of equipments in
wrong places, expired medicines, use of ambulance, allowance and support to
barangay health workers, blood banking, and the Nurse Deployment Project.
As
for dengue cases, Secretary Sinolinding said there has been a steady decline on
its prevalence as of the third quarter of 2016. According to him, environmental
sanitation is the still the most effective remedy for the prevention of the
disease.
Secretary
Sinolinding was highly commended by the members of the RLA for the reforms he
has brought to the health department in the region for seven years now, a complement
the Secretary humbly accepted, saying that the success of the DOH is not
because of him but because of all the different partners who are very
supportive to the health initiatives of the region.
“We
shall serve our constituents with our ability and with the best of our capacity,”
Sinolinding said. (BUREAU OF PUBLIC
INFORMATION – ARMM/ MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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