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
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. , This news data comes from:http://705-888.com
- Trump move to cut more foreign aid risking shutdown
- PH has chance of getting UNSC seat - Manalo
- PH Construction Board asked to address 'accreditation for sale' scandal
- Thai Court: PM Shinawatra violated ethics rules
- Indonesia, US and allies launch joint military drills
- Nartatez rules out 'quota' arrests
- Marcos to attend UN meet in New York in Sept- Palace
- Mob burns Nigerian woman to death over Islam blasphemy claim — police
- NHA gives cash aid to families affected by calamity in Manila
- Malacañang calls plot to jail VP Duterte 'wild imagination'
