President Marcos has appointed lawyer Jose Moises Salonga as the new administrator of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), which promotes and oversees the development of water supply systems in provincial cities and municipalities.

Marcos appointed Salonga to the post on Feb. 19, replacing former Masbate vice governor Homer Revil, who assumed office in February last year.

The LWUA is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) with a specialized lending function created through Presidential Decree No. 198, or  “The Provincial Water Utilities Act of 1973,” which was signed into law on May 25, 1973.

Salonga graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in 1999 with a degree in Economics. He earned his law degree from the same university in 2003.

He took his Master in Public Safety Administration at the Philippine Public Safety College, graduating in 2017.

Salonga served in the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force of the Philippine National Police. He was also part of the National Power Corp., the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), First Farmers’ Rural Bank of Batangas Inc., Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp., Office of the Executive Secretary, and PNOC-Renewable Corp.

He also worked for the First Cabanatuan Renewable Ventures Inc., Emergence Management and Consulting Corp., and the local government of Quezon City.