Marcos names ex-SC justice Tinga as DBP acting chairman

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has picked Dante Osorio Tinga as the acting chairman of the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).

Office of the Press Secretary Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil confirmed this to reporters on Thursday night.

Tinga took his oath of office before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin in Malacañang.

Tinga had served as Supreme Court's associate justice from 2003 to 2009 under the Arroyo administration.

He also served as dean of the University of the East College of Law from 1989 to 1993 as well as from 2017 to 2018. —Anna Felicia Bajo/KBK, GMA Integrated News