Duterte appoints Cabinet officials to UNESCO PHL commission

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed members of his Cabinet to be part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) country commission.

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, Department of Education (DepEd) Sec. Leonor Briones, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Sec. Fortunato de la Peña, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Guiling Mamondiong were appointed on March 14.

Also appointed were National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) chairperson Virgilio Almario, DOST Undersecretary Renato Solidum Jr., and Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) commissioner Prospero “Popoy” de Vera.

The Office of the Executive Secretary clarified that UNESCO appointees with previous appointments would continue their primary jobs.

“All of them were designated/given the additional task of being members to the UNESCO. They will continue to perform their functions as required by their primary appointments,” according to a press release.

Others appointed to the same post are Denis Villorente, Florita Rubiano Villar, Rosemarie Edillon, and Verna Esmeralda Covar Buensuceso.

They will be representing the educational, scientific and cultural agencies of the government for the next three years.

Malacañang also announced the following appointees for March:

• Beverly Siagan Milo – Director II, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Department of Finance (DOF)
• Elenita Berri Quimonsing – Director II, BIR, DOF
• Teresita Manalaysay Dizon – Director II, BIR, DOF
• Marilou Lorenzana del Rosario – Director III, BIR, DOF
• Clark Tristan Fariscal Delvo – Director II, Bureau of Local Government Finance, DOF
• Rosario Virginia Gaetos – Assistant Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
• Visa Tan Dimerin – Director II, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Department of Agriculture (DA)
• Ma. Teresa Tuburan-Pacudan – Director III, National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
• Roy Bernard Catingub Fiel – Chairperson, Regioanl Development Council, Region VII, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
• Guiller Asido – Administrator, Intramuros Administration, Department of Tourism
• Pio Benavidez – Member, BOD, National Power Corp. (NAPOCOR)
• Pocholo Joselito de Dios Paragas – Member, BOD, Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA)
• Ronnie Samonte – Member; representing the arts, academe, business and other sectors; Cinema Evaluation Board; Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP)
• Arturo Padua Bautista – Member, representing the national government, Board of Directors (BOD), Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA)
• Edwin Yandoc Enrile – Member, representing the private sector, BOD, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
• Franz Helmut S. Weber – Member, representing the fisher folk from the Laguna Lake area, Board of Advisors, Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA)
• Fritz Mendoza Salazar – Member, BOD, LBP Leasing and Finance Corp.
• Ramon Macasaet – Member, BOD, United Coconut Planters Bank
• Reynaldo Felix Tansioco – Member, representing the private sector, BOD, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC)
• Rodolfo Villanueva Puno – Member, representing the private sector, BOD, Land Bank of the Philippines
• Conrado S. Capa – Member, Governing Board, Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
• Roque Generale Quimpan – Member, Governing Board, PCA
• Mel John I. Verzosa – Deputy Administrator, National Tobacco Administration
• Michael Arañas – Member, BOD, Philippine Sugar Corp.
• Pinky Grace Pareja-Pabelic – Director IV, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP)
• Rosetta Garcia Palma – Member, Professional Regulatory Board for Social Workers, Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC)
• Stella Zipagan Banawis – Member, Board of Commissioners, Employees' Compensation Commission
• Elba Siscar Cruz – Member, Board of Trustees, Development Academy of the Philippines

— BAP, GMA News