PCO releases list of new gov’t appointees

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.  (PPA POOL)

MANILA, Philippines — The Presidential Communications Office on Saturday released the names of newly-appointed government officials.

Commission on Higher Education

• Aline G. Magalong – Director III

National Security Council

• Richelieu Raymund Remandaban – Assistant Director General

Career Executive Service Board

• Angelina M. Carreon – Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Khadaffy D. Tangcol – Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Movie and Television Review and Classification Board

• Fernando C. Prieto – Member

Philippine Postal Corporation

• Luis D. Carlos – Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer; Member, Board of Directors
• Noel B. Dacasin – Member, Board of Directors

Department of Education

• Salustiano T. Jimenez – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Philippine Reclamation Authority

• Mario K. Espinosa – Acting Member, Board of Directors
• Eligio T. Ildefonso – Acting Member, Board of Directors
• Fernando P. Siringan – Acting Member, Board of Directors

Department of Budget and Management

• John Aries Macaspac – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Rudylia C. Parrel – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Department of Agriculture (National Meat Inspection Service)

• Orlando C. Ongsotto – Director II, Career Executive Service Officer Rank V

Department of Agriculture (Food Terminal Incorporated)

• Arnold I. Atienza – Acting Member, Board of Directors

Philippine Rice Research Institute

• John C. De Leon – Executive Director
• Ariel B. Dolores – Member, Representing the Farming Sector, Board of Trustees

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

• Lormelyn E. Claudio – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Land Management Bureau

• Emelyne V. Talabis – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Department of Finance (Securities and Exchange Commission)

• Oliver O. Leonardo – Director III, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Department of Foreign Affairs

• Daniel R. Espiritu – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ireland
• Amable D. Aguiluz V – Special Envoy of the President to Japan for Trade and Investments

Department of Information and Communications Technology

• Ferdinand B. Felicen – Director I

Department of Justice (Land Registration Authority)

• Laura Irynn Padua – Acting Register of Deeds IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV

Department of Health

• Amelita M. Pangilinan – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Ferdinand S. Salcedo – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Paula Paz Sydiongco – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Ellenietta Herundina – Director III, Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV
• Maria Victoria Gamolo – Director III, Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV

Department of Labor and Employment (National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council)

• Michaela Sophia E. Rubio – Member, Representing the Employers’ Sector

Department of Public Works and Highways

• Soray’yah M. Ibrahim – Director III, Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV

Department of Science and Technology (Technology Application and Promotion Institute)

• Marion Ivy D. Decena – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Department of Social Welfare and Development

• Riduan P. Hadjimuddin – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

National Authority for Child Care

• Maria Gabriela R. Concepcion – Member (Lawyer)

Department of the Interior and Local Government

• Juan Jovian E. Ingeniero – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Araceli A. San Jose – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Dennis D. Villaseñor – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III
• Jhoaden G. Lucero – Director III, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Local Government Academy

• Thelma T. Vecina – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Philippine Commission on Women

• Rosemarie P. Rafael – Member, Representing the Labor Sector
• Evelyn T. Uy – Member, Representing the Farmers and Fisherfolk Sector

Department of Trade and Industry

• Grace F. Baluyan – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Philippine Pharma Procurement, Inc.

• Winston Castelo – Chairman; Member, Board of Directors
• Maria Blanca Kim B. Lokin – President/Chief Executive Officer; Member, Board of Directors

Small Business Corporation

• Robert T. Castillo – President/Chief Executive Officer; Member, Board of Directors

Department of Transportation

• Marie France C. Tiatco – Assistant Secretary

National Economic and Development Authority

• Agnes E. Tolentino – Assistant Secretary
• Philorita A. Ridao – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Regional Development Council

• Ricarte R. Padilla – Chairperson, Region V

Presidential Communications Office (People’s Television Network, Inc.)

• Victoria C. Recio (Member, Representative from the Government Sector, Board of Directors)

Office of the President (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board Appeals Committee)

• Gladys R. Sommereux – Member, Representative of the Television Industry

Office of the Special Envoy on Transnational Crime

• Markus V. Lacanilao – Special Envoy on Transnational Crime

Philippine Center on Transnational Crime

• Anthony D. Alcantara – Executive Director

Presidential Management Staff 

• Cherry Pie Felisse M. Maraya – Director IV, Career Executive Service Officer Rank III

Department of the Interior and Local Government

• Michelle M. Bonifacio – Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod, City of Angeles
• Jose Ruben S. Tolentino – Member, Sangguniang Panlungsod, City of San Juan

Philippine National Police

• Aldrin L. Abila – Police Colonel