Duterte names new LTFRB executive director

President Rodrigo Duterte has named a new executive director of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

Lawyer Samuel Aloysius Jardin was appointed on March 20, replacing Augustine Vestil Jr. who was appointed LTFRB executive director in March 2017.

LTFRB Board member Aileen Lizada welcomed the appointment of Jardin as the new executive director of the agency.

"He's a very qualified person for the position," she said.

Jardin was a former representative of the second district of Cagayan de Oro City. He also worked as head executive assistant and chief legal counsel at the Senate of the Philippines and served as chief-of-staff of former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr.

Jardin was also a former chief of the Bureau of Immigration's Law and Investigation Division. —Ted Cordero/KBK, GMA News