Ex-Negros solon who sued Trillanes, Hontiveros gets post as DOLE usec

Former Negros Oriental Representative Jacinto “Jing” Paras has been appointed to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Paras DOLE undersecretary, according to a letter signed on January 23.

Former Negros Oriental Rep. Jing Paras is now an undersecretary of the Department of Labor and Employment pic.twitter.com/XUjq2dIZkY

— Trisha Macas (@trishamacas) January 25, 2018

Paras is one of the volunteer lawyers of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption who went after perceived political opponents of the Duterte administration such as Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales as well as Senators Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV.

He also filed an impeachment complaint against resigned Commission on Election chairperson Andres Bautista.

Other appointees to the DOLE are the following:

• Bernard Pascual Olalia - Executive Director V (Administrator), Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)
• Emmanuel Lusterio Regio - member, representing the sea-based manning sector, board of trustees, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
• Ria Corazon Soledad Lano - Director IV, POEA
• Arnaldo Arevalo Ignacio - Deputy Executive Director V (Deputy Administrator), OWWA
• Eulogio Rodriguez Magsaysay - member, representing the overseas Filipino workers land-based sector, board of trustees, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
• Villamor Ventura Soriano Plan - Deputy Executive Director V (Deputy Administrator), POEA

— MDM, GMA News