AKIPRESS.COM - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte beefed up his administration by naming his military chief and his running mate as ministers on Wednesday, and appointing a racy dancer known for lambasting journalists to his communications team, Reuters reported.
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, who ran unsuccessfully for vice president last year, would become foreign secretary and armed forces chief-of-staff General Eduardo Ano would take the interior portfolio before his tenure ends in October.
Duterte made a strong defense of Margaux Justiniano Uson, an entertainer famous for her risqué moves, for blogging about sex advice and masturbation and for posting revealing photographs on social media.
She was appointed assistant presidential communications secretary, a decision Duterte said was his entirely, as a reward for supporting his election campaign.