PBBM names new execs for key agencies

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. appointed two undersecretaries for the finance and social welfare departments and also named the government’s new special envoy to Japan, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said.

The PCO also said Mr. Marcos picked Maria Luwalhati Dorotan-Tiuseco and Edward Justine Orden as undersecretaries under the Department of Finance and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, respectively, ABSCBN News reported.

In a social media post, the PCO further said Mr. Marcos also appointed Amable D.R. Aguiluz V as his special envoy to Japan for Trade and Investments Designation. He will have a term of 6 months.

Before holding his new post, Aguiliz was former President Rodrigo Duterte’s special envoy to the Gulf Cooperation Council. The official is the owner and chairman of AMA Group of Companies.

The President designated Ma. Lynette V. Ortiz as the acting president and chief executive officer of the state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines. Prior to her new role, Ortiz was the CEO of the international bank Standard Chartered in the Philippines.

The PCO further said Mr. Marcos appointed a new director for the Department of Finance, and new service officers for the Department of Foreign Affairs.

New directors for the Department of Information and Communications Technology, Department of Justice, Bureau of Immigration, Department of Labor and Employment, and DSWD were also named.

The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System meanwhile has new board of trustees members. The PCO said the new appointments were dated on April 12.