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.
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.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
Vargas shall oversee affairs at the agency until Marcos names a permanent Ombudsman. , This news data comes from:http://771bg.com
- 'No way' US troops can invade Venezuela, says Maduro
- House tackles P881B public works budget amid flood control anomalies
- 2 LPAs monitored inside PAR, bringing rain to Luzon
- Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as China anxiety grows
- Estrada, Villanueva tagged in flood control mess, 'SOP was 30%'
- Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
- NKorea could produce ten to twenty nukes per year — SKorea leader
- House suspends DPWH budget deliberations pending submission of changes by agency, DBM
- Lawmaker questions 340% NTF-ELCAC budget increase
- Indonesian finance minister's home looted as protest anger grows
