CA confirms appointments of 3 Cabinet secretaries, 22 diplomats
The powerful Commission on Appointments on Tuesday confirmed the ad interim appointments of three Cabinet officials, and 22 diplomats, including the nomination of former Makati Representative Teodoro Locsin Jr. as Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations.
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The CA unanimously approved in the plenary the ad interim appointments of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Dres Sueno.
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Locsin’s nomination as the PH envoy to the UN was also approved without objection by the commission along with 21 other senior officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The 21 are the following:
Sahid Sinusuat Glang – Chief of Mission, Class I
Lorena Joy Paderna Banagodos – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
John Gumapos Reyes – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
Leah Victoria Carada Rodriguez – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
Maria Cynthia Paras Pelayo – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
Edward Co Yulo – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
Mary Grace Villanueva Villamayor – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Alex Garcia Chua – Chief of Mission, Class I
Ma. Teresa Latina Taguiang – Chief of Mission, Class I
Marichu Barredo Mauro – Chief of Mission, Class II
Greg Marie Concha Mariño – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
Maria Paz Gaban Cortes – Foreign Service Officer, Class I
Joyleen Espinosa Santos – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Ericka Anna Tan Abad – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Ralph Vicent Clar De Jesus Abarquez – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Johann Veronica Madulid Andal – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Ma. Theresa Milallos Alders – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Shiena Red Escoto-Tesorero – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Dean Jason Nepomuceno Arriola – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Oliver Cutamora Delfin – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
Rommel Ariman Romato – Foreign Service Officer, Class II
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