BBM offers Cabinet posts to Laguesma, Ople

Updated Wed, May 18, 2022 at 1:41 PM Published Tue, May 17, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. offered Cabinet positions to former Labor secretary Bienvenido Laguesma and Susan "Toots" Ople.

Laguesma was offered the position of Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, while Ople was asked to lead the newly created Department of Migrant Workers.

Ople confirmed she received the offer during a meeting last week and is currently discerning and consulting with her family and advisors due to the enormity of the task.

Marcos Jr. extended these offers before his trip to Australia, and both Laguesma and Ople are respected figures in the labor sector.

Presumptive vice president Sara Duterte-Carpio has agreed to be the education secretary, and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Benhur Abalos accepted the offer to lead the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

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