San Beda law professor named PCGG commissioner

President Duterte has named a fellow Bedan as commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).

John Agcaoili Agbayani, a former faculty member of the San Beda College of Law, was appointed to the PCGG on Feb. 21, an appointment letter released to media showed yesterday.

Agbayani succeeded Richard Roger Amurao, who was designated as acting PCGG chairman in 2015.

Agbayani got his law degree from San Beda Collage in 1978 and placed 18th in the Bar examination in the same year.

He was a faculty member of the San Beda College of Law from 1994 to 2005 handling credit transactions, banking, negotiable instruments, insurance and transportation laws.

Agbayani currently teaches at the Arellano University School of Law and Angeles University College of Law.

He was also the chief of staff of the Social Security System commissioner Gonzalo Duque and an associate of Bausa Ampil Suarez Law Office.

The newly appointed PCGG commissioner also worked as technical assistant of former chief justice Fred Castro and consultant to Congress.

Agbayani was also vice president, general counsel and consultant of various banks including BA Savings Bank, RCBC Savings Bank and Great Pacific Bank.

The PCGG was created by former president Corazon Aquino in 1986 to recover the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses and their cronies.