Former Pandan Antique mayor Jonathan Dioso Tan is the new chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
Former Antique town mayor Jonathan Dioso Tan takes his oath of office as the chairman and administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA). (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office)
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Tan for a term of six years as SBMA administrator and chairman of the board of directors based on the memorandum released by Malacañang dated April 28.
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) posted a photo of Tan taking his oath before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Wednesday, May 3.
Tan, who served as Pandan mayor from 2010 to 2019 and president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)-Antique, was voted among the Philippines’ Most Outstanding Mayors in 2012.
He replaced former SBMA chairman and administrator Rolen Paulino who held the post from March 2022 to April this year.
Paulino stepped down from office on April 15 to give the President a “free hand to choose who deems best to steer” the SBMA and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to “greater heights” in terms of management and new business opportunities.
The SBMA had a hand in the development of the Subic Bay Freeport and the Special Economoc Zone.
Malacañang also announced the latest appointments of other several government officials under the Marcos administration.
The following officials have been also appointed since April 28, 2023:
Department of Social Welfare and Development
Monina Josefina H. Romualdez, Undersecretary
Bases Conversion and Development Authority
Rolen C. Paulino, acting member, Board of Directors
Philippine National Railways
Michael Ted R. Macapagal, acting chairperson and member, Board of Directors
Bureau of Immigration
Daniel Y. Laogan, Deputy Commissioner III
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
Mervyn H. Espadero, Executive Director
Board of Investments
Marjorie O. Ramos-Samaniego, Governor