Ex-COA chair Michael Aguinaldo named PCC chief

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed former Commission on Audit (COA) chairperson Michael Aguinaldo as chief of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), Malacañang said Wednesday.

Aguinaldo, who was COA chief from March 2015 to February 2022, will serve as PCC chairperson until January 7, 2030.

The other new appointees are the following:

Faith Barana de Guia

Director III

Presidential Communications Office 

Office of the President

Gloria Jacinto Balboa

Assistant Secretary

Department of Health

Johanna Solon Banzon

Director IV

Department of Health

Rodley Desmond Daniel Muñoz Carza

Director III

Department of Health

Geneses Rivero Abot

Deputy Director General

Anti-Red Tape Authority

Office of the President

Jocelyn De Guzman Cabreza

Alan Rio Luga

Acting Members, Representing the Banking, Finance, Investment, and Insurance Sectors

Board of Trustees

Government Service Insurance System

Edgardo Dizon Pamintuan

Acting Chairman and Member

Board of Directors

Clark Development Corporation

Robert Joseph Montes De Claro

Acting Member, Representing the Employers’ Group

Social Security Commission

Robert Rayo Bioco

Acting Administrator and Member

National Food Authority

Department of Agriculture

—Richa Noriega/VBL, GMA Integrated News