DBP president Del Rosario leaves post — Malacañang

(Updated 6:26 p.m.) Development Bank of the Philippines president and chief operating officer Francisco del Rosario has stepped down from his post, Malacañang said Tuesday.

 

"I understand Mr. Del Rosario has reached retirement age and wishes to spend more time with his family," deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a text message to reporters on Tuesday.

 

Valte, however, did not elaborate.

 

In a separate text message to GMA News Online, Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang confirmed del Rosario's resignation.

 

"Yes he resigned.  He wanted to spend more time with his family," he said.

 

Valte said Del Rosario filed his resignation last June 13, and was received by the Office of the President on June 18.  

 

President Benigno Aquino III reportedly accepted it on July 4. The resignation will take effect in September.

 

During a briefing at Malacañang on Tuesday, Valte also announced the appointment of Movie Television Review and Classification Board vice chair Lesley Jeanne Cordero as undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).

 

Cordero was previously commissioner-at-large of the National Youth Commission and PCOO assistant secretary for legislative affairs. She has also been a partner of the Peralba Ravelo Cordero Law Office since 2006.

 

Also appointed were Cathryne Jonne Licudine as new PCOO Assistant secretary, lawyer Joy Legaspi as Land Registration Authority Register of Deeds II, and Department of Education San Fernando Pampanga Administration Officer Ronnie Mallari as a member of the Teacher Education Council.

 

Licudine had worked as internal auditor for the John Hay Management Corporation and as branch manager of Banco San Juan. 

 

On the other hand, Legaspi was previously officer-in-charge of the Registry of Deeds in Occidental Mindoro and deputy government counsel of the Office of Government Corporate Communication while Mallari was former president of the College of San Fernando's College of Education and is currently an associate professor at the University of Assumption Graduate School in Pampanga. — VS, GMA News