The Commission on Appointments (CA) yesterday confirmed the ad interim appointments of three of President Duterte’s Cabinet men and 22 diplomats.

The powerful appointments body approved in the plenary the ad interim appointments of Ismael DresSueno as secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Arthur Tugade as secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), and Mark Villar as secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

The CA also approved the nomination of former Makati Rep. TeodoroLocsin Jr. as Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York, with the salary and emoluments of a Chief of Mission, Class 1.

The 21 other Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) senior officials whose ad interim appointments were confirmed are:

SahidSinsuatGlang (Chief of Mission, Class 1)

Lorena Joy Paderna Banagodos (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

John Gumappos Reyes (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

Leah Victoria Carada Rodriguez (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

Maria Cynthia Paras Pelayo (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

Edward Co Yulo (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

Mary Grace Villanueva Villamayor (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Alex Garcia Chua (Chief of Mission, Class 1)

Ma. Teresa Latina Taguiang (Chief of Mission, Class 1)

Marichu Barredo Mauro (Chief of Mission, Class 2)

Greg Marie Concha Mariño (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

Maria Paz Gaban Cortes (Foreign Service Officer, Class 1)

Joyleen Espinosa Santos (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Ericka Anna Tan Abad (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Ralph Vincent Clar de Jesus Abarquez (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Johann Veronica MadulidAndal (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Ma. Theresa Milallos Alders (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Shiena Red Escoto Tesorero (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Dean Jason Nepomuceno Arriola (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Oliver CutamoraDelfin (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Rommel Ariman Romato (Foreign Service Officer, Class 2)

Likewise, the CA approved the appointment of Major General Oscar Lactao to the rank of lieutenant general in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

Source:
courtesy of MANILA BULLETIN

by Hannah L. Torregoza

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