Binay named presidential adviser on OFWs concerns
10/17/2010Vice President Jejomar Binay has been given another hat to wear in the Aquino administration as Malacañang yesterday confirmed his designation as presidential adviser on the overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) concerns.
The information came from the office of Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. and was relayed to reporters by Presidential Communications Operations Office chief Herminio Coloma hours after deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte announced President Aquino’s latest batch of appointees.
Binay holds the chairmanship of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council in the Aquino Cabinet.
Valte, in an interview over the state-run dzRB yesterday, said Aquino has named Noe A. Wong and former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Nestor Ochoa as new envoys to Cambodia and Brunei Darussalam, respectively.
Ochoa held the reins of the AFP when he was appointed by former President Gloria Arroyo as successor to former AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Delfin Bangit who was forced to take an early retirement in order to make way for Lt. Gen. Ricardo David who was Aquino’s choice to lead the military..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101017hed2.html
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