MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. designated Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Dante Vargas as acting Ombudsman, Malacañang confirmed on Wednesday.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
"Confirmed," was Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro's reply in a text message to reporters.
Vargas was appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman by former president Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022.
He will take over special prosecutor Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo who has been sitting as officer-in-charge of the anti-graft court since late July after Samuel Martires completed his mandated seven-year term.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
Vargas shall oversee affairs at the agency until Marcos names a permanent Ombudsman. , This news data comes from:http://www.771bg.com
- LBC Express Holdings top executive to retire in Oct.
- OVP ready to submit to lifestyle check if ordered, no word from Sara
- IBP forms committee on good governance to probe corruption
- PH economic losses hit 100B from corruption in flood control projects
- Pagasa sees two to four tropical cyclones hitting Philippines in September
- ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen's death
- Mass housing developers laud Pag-IBIG Fund
- Palace rejects Sara's offer of 'free advice' on flood solutions, says to give it to 'Mayor Baste' instead
- 2,000 North Korean troops killed in Russia deployment: Seoul spy agency
- Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution – UN
