(2nd UPDATE) Malacañang says Senator Sonny Angara will assume the position on July 19
MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named Senator Sonny Angara as the new secretary of the Department of Education .
Angara was among those recommended by the Philippine Business for Education to Marcos, along with Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian, Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Kiko Benitez, and Synergeia Foundation president Milwida Guevara.In a statement on Tuesday, Angara thanked Marcos for choosing him to lead the DepEd.
Marcos was supposed to announce his choice for DepEd chief over the weekend but he said on Saturday, June 29, that heSenate President Chiz Escudero had earlier endorsed Angara’s appointment as education secretary. “I was one of the first, if not the first, to actually recommend him to become the DepEd Secretary given his competence, given his track record, given his experience,” Escudero said in a chance interview with reporters on Monday, July 1.
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