President Marcos has accepted the resignation of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chair J. Prospero De Vera III amid the massive Cabinet revamp initiated by the President. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced the new development in a Palace briefing on Thursday, May 29. He will be...
Two Cabinet secretaries, who were among the officials who laid out the plan to arrest former president Rodrigo Duterte, will continue to hold their respective positions under the Marcos administration amid the massive Cabinet revamp. President Marcos has retained Department of Justice (DOJ)...
President Marcos has named Darlene Berberabe as the new Solicitor General, replacing Menardo Guevarra, as a review of the Cabinet continues. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong ' Marcos Jr. swears in lawyer Darlene Berberabe and engineer Jose Ramon Aliling as new Solicitor General and...
Senator-elect Panfilo “Ping” Lacson urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to act quickly on the pending courtesy resignations of his Cabinet members, noting that the jockeying for positions in the Cabinet has intensified. Lacson said the President should do this to avoid...
Following the Cabinet reshuffle, 168 heads of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) have also been ordered by the President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to file their courtesy resignations. According to a follow-up notice by the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) issued on Wednesday, May...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian called on President Marcos to appoint a Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief who embodies strong leadership, unwavering integrity, and a deep sense of public service. In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 28, Gatchalian emphasized that the next PNP Chief must...
President Marcos denied that his recent move to revamp his Cabinet was just a political spin. In an interview with reporters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Marcos stressed that his decision to ask all his Cabinet members to resign is his way of fixing a problem and looking into it deeply. He said a...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, May 27, expressed support for President Marcos ' call for the courtesy resignation of Cabinet officials, while raising red flags over the performance of the Department of Health (DOH), zeroing in on Secretary Teodoro Herbosa’s frequent foreign travels. In...
President Marcos’ “bold reset” of his administration should include direct and regular consultations with the country’s basic sectors, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) and the National Trade Union Center of the Philippines (NTUC PHL) said on Monday, May 26 In a statement, the groups...
Private schools across the Philippines have rallied behind Sonny Angara, expressing strong support for his continued tenure as Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd). The backing comes after President Marcos requested courtesy resignations from all Cabinet members. READ: ...
Following President Marcos’ acceptance of her courtesy resignation, several of the country’s leading environmental organizations have expressed gratitude and respect for outgoing Environment Secretary Maria Antonia “Toni” Yulo-Loyzaga, lauding her science-based leadership, policy reforms,...
Tourism leaders and stakeholders across the country have expressed strong support for Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco following her submission of a courtesy resignation in response to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive for a midterm Cabinet reshuffle....
