National Security Adviser Eduardo Año will continue to keep his position as the country 's security adviser amid the ongoing Cabinet review President Marcos has initiated. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro disclosed that Marcos decided to keep Año, who...
Citing that the ongoing Cabinet performance review is an ongoing process, President Marcos hinted at a possible quarterly assessment on all Cabinet members. Marcos said they will be more rigorous in reviewing the Cabinet secretaries ' performance, and they will do it on a periodic basis. He...
Twenty-one more Cabinet secretaries, including Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, will be keeping their posts amid the massive Cabinet reorganization by President Marcos. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced the third batch of Cabinet members who were retained and...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo will stay as the country’s top diplomat until he receives the nod from the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA), Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said on Tuesday, June 3. Foreign Affairs Secretary...
President Marcos has appointed lawyer Francis Edralin Lim as the new chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin made the announcement on Tuesday, June 3, the same day of his designation. "Today the President has appointed Atty. Francis Edralin...
President Marcos knows what he is doing, and the Cabinet revamp is being done as quickly as possible, Malacañang said. Responding to the call of Senator-elect Panfilo Lacson for Marcos to act quickly on recalibrating his Cabinet to avoid possible inefficiency and divisiveness in the ranks,...
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)...
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...
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,...
A day after issuing a call to all his Cabinet members to resign, President Marcos has retained key officials in his administration, including Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and his economic team, while he replaced and moved some of them. Of the 52 officials who have submitted their courtesy...
