Palace bares new set of PBBM appointees in gov't agencies

MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday announced the latest batch of appointments made by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in at least 15 government agencies, including the Presidential Communications Office (PCO).

In a Facebook post, the PCO bared that columnist Mario Fetalino Jr. will be joining its office as assistant secretary.

Marcos also appointed Benjamin Albarece and Eliseo Cruz as assistant secretaries in the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice, respectively.

Based on the new set of presidential appointees, Ma. Carissa Coscolluela was tapped as acting board member of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, while Manjit Tobias Reandi was named as board member of the John Hay Management Corporation, a subsidiary of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.

Josefina Annabel Bañafa and Wilma Galvante were appointed members of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, while Rosalio was designated as a member of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Metro Manila, representing the workers sector.

Marcos appointed Elihu Ybañez as the new commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government.

He also named new appointees at the Commission on Higher Education, including Jimmy Catanes, Lora Yusi, and Mary Sylvette Gunigundo who will serve as Directors IV, as well as Marco Cicero Domingo and Rody Garcia who will both hold the Director III post.

The new list also showed that Shiela Imperial will join the Department of Agriculture as Director III, along with Raul Leonin and Vincent Ramos as Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officers II.

Other appointees were Ana Liza Duran (Director IV at the Department of Health); Aiza Riz Perez-Mendoza (Director III at the Department of Social Welfare and Development); and Adolf Ryan Lantion and Princess May Oral (Directors IV at the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples).

In the Department of Trade and Industry, Marco Maat was appointed Director IV, while Luz Galda will serve as Provincial Trade and Industry Officer.

Completing the list of latest appointments were Allen Dalangin, Inocencio Rosario Jr., and Edgar Ybañez who will all hold the Rear Admiral post at the Philippine Coast Guard. (PNA)