Dr. Lorraine Badoy is set to assume her post as an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today, February 13. This was announced by  DSWD Sec. Judy M. Taguiwalo.

“We are happy to confirm news that Dr. Badoy will be joining us in the DSWD. She will be focal person of the Office of the Secretary in implementing the medicine assistance to drug dependents undergoing rehabilitation . Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has allocated P1 billion pesos for this. Asec Lorraine is a doctor of medicine and has been assisting Yolanda- affected families for several years now in her private capacity . She brings to DSWD not only her medical skills but a spirit of service to the people marked by compassion and free from corruption,” said Sec. Taguiwalo.

“We look forward to working with Dr. Badoy and we are sure that she will perform well in the department given her track record of compassionate service and commitment to help the poor.”

Asec. Badoy is the daughter of former  Associate Justice Anacleto Badoy Jr., who chaired the antigraft court Third Division which heard the plunder case of the  former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada over gambling money. She is a human rights advocate and a long-term volunteer and NGO worker.#