MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. designated Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Dante Vargas as acting Ombudsman, Malacañang confirmed on Wednesday.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
"Confirmed," was Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro's reply in a text message to reporters., This news data comes from:http://lae-ne-udb-gg.redcanaco.com
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
Vargas was appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman by former president Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022.
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.
- 15 people hospitalized after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station
- AboitizPower pushes growth with clean, renewable energy
- Putin vows not to back down in Ukraine
- Philippine forces deliver supplies and personnel to disputed South China Sea shoal despite tensions
- Filipino priest wins Ramon Magsaysay Award for activism against Duterte's drug war
- North Korean leader inspects new missile factory ahead of visit to China
- PH eyes global partners in biggest railway project
- Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as China anxiety grows
- DPWH exec fired, 2 others face dismissal over flood control mess
- Marcos signs law giving 99-year land lease to foreign investors
