MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. designated Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Dante Vargas as acting Ombudsman, Malacañang confirmed on Wednesday.
"Confirmed," was Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro's reply in a text message to reporters.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman, This news data comes from:http://www.705-888.com
Vargas was appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman by former president Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
He will take over special prosecutor Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo who has been sitting as officer-in-charge of the anti-graft court since late July after Samuel Martires completed his mandated seven-year term.
Vargas shall oversee affairs at the agency until Marcos names a permanent Ombudsman.
- 25,000 Filipinos register for Pag-IBIG's Expanded 4PH Housing Program
- Russian drone, missile attack kills 14, injured 48 in Kyiv
- Task force cites new threats to media workers
- US warship heading toward Caribbean Sea
- Trump hails Department of War rebrand as 'message of victory'
- Modi, Ishiba agree to boost economic ties
- Luzon dams release water due to southwest monsoon
- Famed streetcar in Lisbon, Portugal, derails and crashes, killing 15 people
- P1.7-M shabu seized in Taguig buy-bust
- Prince Harry to visit UK on anniversary of queen's death
