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New Cabinet members, ombudsmen, other appointments announced
President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Atty. Melvin Matibag as the acting Cabinet Secretary, replacing Karlo Nograles who is now the chairperson of the Civil Service Commission.
Matibag, the PDP-Laban Secretary General, confirmed his appointment and took his oath on Wednesday.
His experiences and competence will be vital to the remaining three months of the Duterte administration in ensuring that policies and programs are efficiently managed.
The President also named his adviser Abdullah D. Mama-o as secretary of the newly created Department of Migrant Workers.
Mama-o's experience and qualifications in labor and diplomatic negotiations as the presidential adviser on OFW concerns will be invaluable to his new position.
Additionally, Duterte appointed new members to the Office of the Ombudsman for Visayas, Mindanao, and the Military and Other Law Offices (MOLEO).
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President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Melvin Matibag, National Transmission Corporation head and PDP-Laban secretary general, as acting Cabinet Secretary.
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President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Presidential Management Staff Undersecretary Anderson Ang Lo as the new Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao.
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President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Abdullah Mamao as the ad interim secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).
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Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has been appointed as the new ad interim chairperson of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), succeeding Alicia dela Rosa-Bala.
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