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Duterte reappoints fired labor undersecretary Joel Maglunsod
Left-leaning Joel Maglunsod is appointed executive director of National Maritime Polytechnic by President Rodrigo Duterte

[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: May military junta ba sa Pilipinas?
Mahimbing pa rin ba ang tulog natin kapag nakopo na ng mga sundalo ang pagpapalakad ng gobyerno?

[EDITORIAL] #AnimatED: Zombie politics ng 2018
9 na zombie na naglipana sa ating lipunan

10 Duterte appointees running in 2019 elections
There are 5 Cabinet members and 5 lower-ranking appointees of President Rodrigo Duterte seeking electoral posts in the 2019 midterm elections

Diosdado Valeroso appointed 911 national office executive director
Valeroso, a retired police official and former coup plotter, will help implement the 911 emergency hotline center under the Department of the Interior and Local Government

Teresita de Castro is new Supreme Court Chief Justice
(3RD UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte picks senior justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro to replace ousted chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno

Duterte taps Martin Andanar's father as special envoy to Malaysia
Wencelito Andanar, a DILG undersecretary during the Arroyo administration, will serve in his new post for 6 months

LIST: No to corruption? Duterte's controversial reappointees
Zero tolerance for corruption? Rappler finds that President Duterte has reappointed, promoted, or retained in a different capacity 16 government officials accused of corruption or misuse of public funds.

Duterte transfers Pompee La Viña to Department of Agriculture
La Viña has now been appointed to 3 different government entities – Social Security System, Department of Tourism, and now Department of Agriculture

Intramuros Administration explains non-use of P18M for brand campaign
President Rodrigo Duterte took 9 months to appoint an Intramuros Administration head, one reason why the agency sat on millions of pesos in funds

TPB 'guarantees transparency' after Cesar Montano's resignation
'The TPB extends its support to the direction of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, guaranteeing transparency in all of its dealings,' says Board after Montano's resignation

Duterte accepts Cesar Montano's resignation
The Tourism Promotions Board chief's resignation comes after President Duterte announced he is about to fire 5 government officials

Duterte names Bernadette Romulo Puyat as tourism chief
(3rd UPDATE) Incoming Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat is an undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture

Pompee La Viña tapped to 'get more tourism investments'
New undersecretary Pompee La Viña says his ultimate goal is to 'wipe out poverty' in the next 4 to 6 years through tourism

Sacked SSS executive appointed tourism undersecretary
Pompee La Viña, whose term as SSS commissioner was not renewed due to alleged 'abuse' of public funds, is appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to another post

Duterte names Allen Capuyan as adviser on indigenous peoples
President Rodrigo Duterte also appoints a new SEC commissioner and names Jojo Garcia – previously just officer-in-charge – as MMDA general manager

5 challenges for new PNP chief Oscar Albayalde
Here are obstacles that outlasted Ronald dela Rosa. Now, it's Oscar Albayalde's turn to face them.

Roque calls out Greco Belgica for issuing 'confusing' statements
'Let me be very clear: He doesn’t speak for the Office of the President,' says Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque

VACC lawyer Manny Luna appointed to anti-corruption body
Manny Luna is among the lawyers who filed a complaint against former president Benigno Aquino III, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, and Judicial and Bar Council officials over Sereno's appointment in 2012

Duterte names CA justice Inting as Comelec commissioner
(UPDATED) Hailing from Davao City, Court of Appeals Associate Justice Socorro Inting is the first new personality that President Rodrigo Duterte is introducing to the poll body

De Lima lauds Duterte's new appointees: 'Men of honor, competence, integrity'
Senator Leila de Lima hopes Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra 'can bring back true dispensation of justice at the DOJ, bereft of any partisan and persecutorial agenda'

Duterte had other plans for Menardo Guevarra
At one point, the President was supposedly considering appointing the new justice secretary as a Supreme Court justice

Who is new justice chief Menardo Guevarra?
A true blue Atenean, father of 4 boys, and once a part-time law school student who almost topped the bar – here are some things to know about the new justice secretary

Duterte wants Guevarra to restore DOJ's 'dignified image'
This comes after lawmakers called on President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a justice secretary who is 'credible, capable, and respectable'

Menardo Guevarra named new justice secretary
(3rd UPDATE) Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra will be filling the shoes of Vitaliano Aguirre II at the Department of Justice

Official linked to customs corruption appointed to BOC
President Rodrigo Duterte appoints Vincent Maronilla as assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Customs despite allegations he accepted grease money from importers

Duterte appoints Melvin Mitra as PCUP commissioner
With Mitra's appointment, Duterte has replaced all the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor officials he fired back in December 2017

Ice Seguerra resigns as National Youth Commission chief
(UPDATED) Ice Seguerra's work as NYC chairperson will formally end on April 5, or over a year and a half after he joined the Duterte administration

Nikki Teodoro named special envoy to UNICEF
Former Tarlac representative Nikki Teodoro, wife of former defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro, will serve as President Rodrigo Duterte's representative to the United Nations Children's Fund

The Librarians: A Rappler Profile
'The law is clear,' Totanes says. 'Only licensed librarians can be appointed to all government libraries. So yes, the President violated the law.'

Duterte names Noel Felongco as PCUP chairman
Felongco is formerly an environment undersecretary and president of the PDP-Laban Central Visayas chapter

Duterte appoints Jose Arturo Garcia as MMDA OIC general manager
Jose Arturo Garcia Jr takes the responsibilities of Thomas Orbos, who stays on as transportation undersecretary

Lawyer Eduardo Bringas appointed to Duterte anti-corruption body
Eduardo Bringas represented former NBI officials who filed drug raps against Senator Leila de Lima, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte

Jing Paras appointed labor undersecretary
Paras is known for having filed complaints against government officials seen to be part of 'destabilization' efforts against President Rodrigo Duterte

Duterte appoints Boy Saycon to EDSA People Power Commission
Political operator Pastor 'Boy' Saycon joins the 5-member commission under the Office of the President

Excessive or not? Martin Andanar's 10 trips abroad
President Rodrigo Duterte has fired another official for making fewer foreign trips than Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Does Duterte's rule on limiting travels abroad apply to him?

Duterte to fire 3 'generals,' gov't agency chief
President Rodrigo Duterte says he is 'in the thick of firing people,' indicating many more are set to be axed

Martin Diño appointed DILG undersecretary
Former SBMA chairman Martin Diño is the latest official to join the Department of the Interior and Local Government

Cuy heads Dangerous Drugs Board, Año is DILG OIC
(UPDATED) Undersecretary Eduardo Año is appointed officer-in-charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, tying in with President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to eventually name him DILG chief

PCSO officials not next on chopping block – Malacañang
Malacañang defers naming the 'high-ranking official' President Rodrigo Duterte wants to fire, as the Chief Executive is still reviewing the legislative charter of the appointee's office

2017: A year of rejection for Duterte's appointees
As 2017 ends, Rappler takes a look at the sacked and rejected members of the Duterte administration

Among PCUP execs fired: Honeylet Avanceña’s ‘cousin’
PCUP Commissioner Melissa Aradanas and other relatives have dinner with Honeylet and President Rodrigo Duterte in their Manila residence before the President announces his decision to 'fire' an entire commission

Malacañang says Duterte 'sure' to probe DAP president
'The President does not take issues of corruption sitting down,' says Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque

Romeo Barza is new Court of Appeals presiding justice
CA Associate Justice Romeo Barza will assume the post left by Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr

Duterte warns he'll fire an entire commission
The President says he'll axe all the officials of an unspecified commission 'on Monday'

DILG undersecretary Padilla transferred to DAR
(UPDATED) Emily Padilla joins her former colleague at the Department of the Interior and Local Government, John Castriciones, at the Department of Agrarian Reform

Don’t become a Judas like Trillanes, Duterte tells gov’t officials
President Duterte tells a long, humorous story about Leonardo Da Vinci and his famous painting to warn new government appointees against engaging in corruption

Sandra Cam appointed member of PCSO board of directors
Taxi operators association president Bong Suntay is also appointed member of the PCSO board

Teehankee back as PH ambassador to World Trade Organization
Foreign affairs undersecretary Manuel Antonio 'Dondi' Teehankee had served in the same post from 2004 to 2011

One month of Harry Roque as Presidential Spokesman
Roque's first month as spokesman shows he enjoys better access to President Rodrigo Duterte than his predecessor, a boon to the media and the public
