Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. INQUIRER FILE / JOAN BONDOC
After disclosing Sunday that he had a bout with tongue cancer late last year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. has the full support of the President, the head of the Duterte administration’s economic team said.
“The good news is that our prayers have been answered and that Nesting (Espenilla’s nickname) is cancer-free and recovering from the ill effects of the treatment,” Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III told finance reporters in a text message.
“He (Espenilla) has my full support and that of the President,” Dominguez added.
Espenilla said Sunday morning that he had been diagnosed with tongue cancer in November 2017 and had undergone surgery to remove a tumor that was detected at an early stage.
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The 59-year-old chief of the country’s central monetary authority said the medical procedure — which had caused him speaking difficulties due to dry throat and mouth sores — was successful and that his doctors had since pronounced him cancer-free.
