Duterte announced on Monday evening, June 13, that he has chosen secretaries for the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Tourism (DOT), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The latest appointments were:
• Wanda Corazon Teo, a sister of Inquirer columnist Ramon Tulfo and radio broadcasters Erwin and Raffy, to the DOT
• Dr Paulyn Jean Rosell Ubial, an assistant health secretary, to head the DOH
• Ramon Lopez, executive director of the entrepreneurship advocacy Go Negosyo! to the DTI.
Teo is president of the National Association of Independent Travel Agencies. Reports aid she also owns Mt Apo Travel and Tours, named after the Philippines’ highest peak found 32 kilometers west of Davao City.
Earlier appointees to the Duterte Cabinet and bureaus:
• Salvador Medialdea - executive secretary
• Leoncio “Jun” Evasco - Cabinet secretary
• Christopher "Bong" Go - Special Assistant to the President with general supervision over Presidential Management Staff (PMS)
• Martin Andanar – secretary, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)
• Salvador Panelo - presidential spokesperson
• Leonor Briones – education secretary (DepEd)
• Benjamin Diokno – budget and management secretary (DBM)
• Perfecto Yasay Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – foreign affairs secretary (DFA)
• Arthur Tugade – transportation and communications secretary (DOTC)
• Carlos Dominguez, former agriculture secretary – secretary of finance (DOF)
• Former North Cotabato governor Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol – agriculture secretary (DA)
• Las Piñas Representative Mark Villar - public works and highways secretary (DPWH)
• Jesus Dureza – head of the Mindanao peace process
• Former Justice Secretary Silvestre Bello III – labor secretary (DOLE)
• Former Bureau of Immigration chief Andrea Domingo – chairperson of the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor)
• Michael Dino - presidential assistant for the Visayas
• Vitaliano Aguirre II – justice secretary (DOJ)
• Alfonso Cusi – energy secretary (DOE)
• Jose Calida – solicitor general (OSG)
• Ernesto Pernia – secretary general, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)
• Hermogenes Esperon Jr. - national security adviser
• Mike Sueno - interior and local government secretary (DILG)
• Delfin Lorenzana – defense secretary (DND)
• Fortunato dela Pena – science and technology secretary (DOST)
• Isidro Lapena – director, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
• Ricardo Jalad – director – National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
• Nicanor Faeldon, commissioner, Bureau of Customs (BOC)
• Catalino Cuy – undersecretary for police matters under DILG
• Alex Monteagudo – director, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA)
• Jaime Morente – commissioner, Bureau of Immigration (BI)
• Martin Delgra – director, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
• Edgar Galvante – director, Land Transportation Office (LTO)
• Dante Giran – director, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
• Ronald dela Rosa – director, Philippine National Police (PNP)
• Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya – chief, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP
• Col. Rolando Bautista – commander, Presidential Security Group (PSG)
