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.
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, This news data comes from:http://redcanaco.com
Vargas shall oversee affairs at the agency until Marcos names a permanent Ombudsman.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
- Trump says he'll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
- Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
- Sri Lanka's jailed ex-president Wickremesinghe granted bail
- Some areas in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Quezon to have power interruptions due to maintenance work
- Berlin urges Israel to 'immediately' improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza
- Ukraine offers to co-produce drones with Philippines for maritime patrols
- Drug war whistleblower Royina Garma returns to PH after US detention
- Police general suspended for ‘obstruction’ of evidence in case of missing sabungeros
- Lacson to Marcoleta: I don’t want a fight but I won’t back down from one
- Japan accelerates missile deployment amid rising regional tensions
