New envoys, other govt execs named
MALACAÑANG on Saturday released the roster of newly appointed ambassadors and other officials in 12 other government agencies. Based on the list of new appointees, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. designated Patrick Chuasoto as the Philippine ambassador to Sweden, with concurrent jurisdiction over Latvia. Marcos also appointed Eduardo Jose de Vega as Philippine ambassador to France, holding a concurrent jurisdiction over Monaco. Christopher Montero, on the other hand, was named Philippine ambassador to Indonesia. Meanwhile, the president reappointed Leonor Cleofas as the administrator and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and Elpidio Vega as its chairman. Cleofas will also serve as a member of the MWSS Board of Trustees, along with Vega, Merly Cruz, Dale Brian Go and Jose Hernandez. Marcos also tapped Rickee Gerald Brieva and Joshua Agustin Soriano as presidential legislative liaison officers III and Rey Zarate Jr. as presidential legislative liaison officer II at the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office under the Office of the President. Maria Amifaith Fider-Reyes was named a member of the Commission on Human Rights, while Nasser Halipa was appointed as a member of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board, representing agrarian reform beneficiaries. The chief executive also appointed Rogelio Chavez Jr. as a member of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Board, representing the labor sector. He also tapped Danton Bueser and Jose Mari Ponce as board members of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Board of Directors. Bueser will represent the national government and Ponce the private sector. Other newly appointed officials were Lorna Belinda Calda (Department of Agriculture, director III); Gerson Marvin Abesamis and Graciela Mendoza (Department of Education, both director IV); Ricky Arzadon and Vicente Leocadio Mariano Abella (Department of Environment and Natural Resources, directors IV and III, respectively); Sabeniano Caliao Jr. (Department of Public Works and Highways, director III); Jerico Namoro (Department of Trade and Industry, director Ill); and Ernesto Raphael Robillo (Land Transportation Office, director II).
Tomas Kauer - Moderator 
MALACAÑANG on Saturday released the roster of newly appointed ambassadors and other officials in 12 other government agencies.
Based on the list of new appointees, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. designated Patrick Chuasoto as the Philippine ambassador to Sweden, with concurrent jurisdiction over Latvia.
Marcos also appointed Eduardo Jose de Vega as Philippine ambassador to France, holding a concurrent jurisdiction over Monaco.
Christopher Montero, on the other hand, was named Philippine ambassador to Indonesia.
Meanwhile, the president reappointed Leonor Cleofas as the administrator and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and Elpidio Vega as its chairman.
Cleofas will also serve as a member of the MWSS Board of Trustees, along with Vega, Merly Cruz, Dale Brian Go and Jose Hernandez.
Marcos also tapped Rickee Gerald Brieva and Joshua Agustin Soriano as presidential legislative liaison officers III and Rey Zarate Jr. as presidential legislative liaison officer II at the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office under the Office of the President.
Maria Amifaith Fider-Reyes was named a member of the Commission on Human Rights, while Nasser Halipa was appointed as a member of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board, representing agrarian reform beneficiaries.
The chief executive also appointed Rogelio Chavez Jr. as a member of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Board, representing the labor sector.
He also tapped Danton Bueser and Jose Mari Ponce as board members of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Board of Directors. Bueser will represent the national government and Ponce the private sector.
Other newly appointed officials were Lorna Belinda Calda (Department of Agriculture, director III); Gerson Marvin Abesamis and Graciela Mendoza (Department of Education, both director IV); Ricky Arzadon and Vicente Leocadio Mariano Abella (Department of Environment and Natural Resources, directors IV and III, respectively); Sabeniano Caliao Jr. (Department of Public Works and Highways, director III); Jerico Namoro (Department of Trade and Industry, director Ill); and Ernesto Raphael Robillo (Land Transportation Office, director II).
