Former Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero A. Pichay, Jr. has accepted his appointment as member of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA), Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita said Wednesday.
"Former congressman Prospero Pichay has decided to accept the offer and he is now member of board of LWUA, and there is a desire letter by members of the board to elect him as acting chairman of board," he said.
Earlier, reports said Mr. Pichay was not inclined to accept the position as he is eyeing the post of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration administrator.
Mr. Pichay was one of the losing senatorial bets of the administration coalition Team Unity during the 2007 midterm elections.
The appointment makes Mr. Pichay the fourth losing senatorial bet to be given an official post after Michael T. Defensor, who was named head of the task force mandated to ensure the smooth opening of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3; Vicente Sotto III, who is now chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board; and Ralph G. Recto who is now National Economic and Development Authority director-general.
In the same briefing, Mr. Ermita announced the appointment of Jennifer J. Manalili as administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.
She replaced former Rosalinda D. Baldoz, who has been named Labor undersecretary.
Ms. Manalili, 45, is currently court attorney VI under the Office of Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita C. Morales and was judicial staff head of then Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban in 2006.
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