President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named lawyer Norman Tansingco as the new Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration (BI), Malacañang confirmed. Bureau of Immigration Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles made the confirmation after Tansingco's appointment circulated on social media on...
Some lawmakers on Wednesday, Sept. 7, bared plans to recommend Department of Health (DOH) officer-in-charge (OIC) Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire as the full-fledged health secretary to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire (RTVM screenshot) Despite...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named former Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. as the new Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Malacañang confirmed. Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom Teodoro Locsin Jr. (File photo /...
Officer-in-Charge Medardo De Lemos of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has been appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the new director of the agency. NBI Director Medardo de Lemos (Photo from the NBI) Malacañang announced this on Monday, Aug. 1. De Lemos served as the NBI’s...
The man who takes the helm of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will be a ship owner and port operator who controls 20 percent of the state agency's ports and owes P132.1 million in unpaid penalties to the Department of Transportation ( DOTr). That is, if the government pushes through with the...
Ex-Solicitor General Jose Calida has officially assumed the chairmanship of the Commission on Audit (COA). Calida was among the recent appointees of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Ex-SolGen. Calida arrives at the COA Main Office. To the left is Jayke Joson, a former aide to Manny...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has named long-time family loyalist Jose Calida as the new Chairman of the Commission on Audit (COA), an independent constitutional body whose head is appointed with consent of Congress' Commission on Appointments for a fixed term of seven years without...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has nominated outgoing Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III to serve as Chairman and Resident Representative-designate of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO). Outgoing DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello...
Malacañang has named Undersecretary Ernesto Perez, the Deputy Director-General for Operations of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), as Officer-in-Charge (OIC), the ARTA said on Friday, June 10. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) deputy director-general for operations Undersecretary Ernesto Perez...
More appointment slots for processing of passports have been added to all consular offices and temporary off-site passport service (TOPS) around the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. (FILE PHOTO/JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay said...
Infectious disease expert, Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña, on Monday, May 16, declined to comment on the circulating rumor that he will be picked by the incoming administration as the next secretary of the Department of Health (DOH). Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña (Screenshot taken from Laging Handa...
President Duterte has appointed Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) Abdullah Mama-o as the first secretary of the newly created Department of Migrant Workers (DOMW), Malacañang announced. File photo of President Duterte and new Department of Migrant Workers Abdullah Mama-o...
