Marcos appoints retired CA Justice Melchor Sadang as new PCGG chair
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named retired Court of Appeals Associate Justice Melchor Sadang the new chairman of the Presidential Commission on Good Government — the government body created to locate his family’s alleged ill-gotten wealth.
The Presidential Communications Office posted on Facebook on Monday that Sadang had been appointed to the post.
Sadang was part of the five-man committee tasked to help clean the ranks of the Philippine National Police in 2023.
READ: Retired CA Justice joins five-man panel tasked to sort out PNP top brass
Sadang replaces John Agbayani at the commission.
Article continues after this advertisementThe Palace also announced the following appointments:
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Commission on Higher Education
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Ethel Valenzuela – commissioner
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Manila Economic and Cultural Office
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Rose Marie J. Arenas – member, board of directors
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National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
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Dahlialyn Dait-Cawed – director IV
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Philippine Racing Commission
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Bienvenido Niles Jr. – member, representative of the Racehorse Owners Association
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Department of Agrarian Reform
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Eric Arevalo – director III
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Claire Aznar – provincial agrarian reform program officer I
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Department of Agriculture
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Asis Perez – undersecretary
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Department of Foreign Affairs
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Ella Mitra – foreign service officer, class I
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Department of Trade and Industry
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Grace Baluyan – assistance aecretary
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Raymond Panhon – director IV
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Intellectual Property Office
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Nathaniel Arevalo – deputy director general
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Supreme Court, Legal Education Board
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Jason Barlis – chair
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Manuel Barrios – regular member, representing the Philippine Association of Law Professors
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Voltaire San Pedro – regular member, representing the Philippine Association of Law Schools
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Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
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Gregorio Montenegro, member of the Home Development Mutual Fund Board of Trustees, representing the Private Employees
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Department of Labor and Employment
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Raymond Fel Sajor, director III
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Department of National Defense, Veterans Memorial Medical Center
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Godwin Hernaez, chief of medical professional staff II
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Department of Tourism, Philippine Retirement Authority
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Roberto Zozobrado, general manager, chief executive officer, member of the Board of Trustees
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Department of Transportation
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Jesus Nathaniel Martin Gonzales, undersecretary
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Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines
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member, board of directors
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Salma Angkaya-Kuhutan
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Mohamad Dimaporo
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Analiza Flores
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Catherine Magana
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Ma. Cristina Malab
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Ronaldo Tepora
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Development Bank of the Philippines
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Eduardo Saguil – member of the board of trustees
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Insurance Commission
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Martin Yasay – deputy commissioner
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Social Security System
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Eva Arcos – member representing the Workers’ Group, Social Security Commission
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