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., This news data comes from:http://svmu-wivb-ougo-ooe.redcanaco.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.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
- Globe partners with unconnected.org to provide remote schools with sustainable internet connectivity
- Cooperatives group lauds Konektadong Pinoy Law as milestone in digital inclusion
- DOJ indicts Abra Mining for fraudulent trading
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- US halts 80% complete, huge offshore wind farm
- US approves .5M in assistance to Nigeria to help address hunger
- Lacson: House can't return proposed 2026 budget to Palace
- Xi and Putin round on West at regional summit in China
- Cambodia MPs pass law allowing stripping of citizenship
- LPA east of Surigao del Sur may intensify into tropical depression
