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://rvsy-winn-yps-afh.jyxingfa.com
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.
- Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles Surigao del Sur
- Marcos says commission on DPWH anomalies to be finalized 'very soon,' mum on Magalong participation
- Construction managers, developers back Housing chief's anti-corruption advocacy
- Trump move to cut more foreign aid risking shutdown
- Guyana votes amid oil boom, Venezuela tensions
- Peace efforts in limbo as Kyiv mourns 23 dead
- Malabon shifts garbage disposal to Rizal landfill after Navotas closure
- MMDA inks deal with DBM for G-3 program
- Go files housing development bill
- 'God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint
