By JONATHAN SANTES and YAS D. OCAMPO Incoming President Rodrigo R. Duterte held his first “Cabinet” meeting at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) guesthouse in Panacan district, Davao City, where he named a dozen more members to his Cabinet and detailed the policies of his new government anchored on a campaign promise to fight criminality, corruption, and illegal drugs, a day after he was proclaimed by Congress. MB File Photo He chose former Budget secretary Benjamin Diokno to head the Department of Budget and Management and former national treasurer Leonor Briones to head the Education department. Both Diokno and Briones served under the Estrada administration. Outgoing Maribojoc (Bohol) Mayor Leoncio Evasco finally accepted the position of Secretary to the Cabinet. Duterte likewise chose University of the Philippines Professor Judy Taguiwalo as Social Welfare secretary; retired Major General Miguel Delfin Lorenzana, the former Special Presidential Representative for Veterans [...]
