MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has named former environment secretary Michael Defensor as acting chairman of the Philippine National Railways (PNR), Malacañang has announced.
"Mike [Defensor] got his appointment already as acting chairman," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told a news conference at the Palace Wednesday.
Ermita also announced the appointments of Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo as chairman of the Presidential Task Force for the Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and Development; Jose Mamaril as chief superintendent of the Bureau of Fire Protection; and Sancho Buquing as regional director of the National Commission of Indigenous Peoples.
Ermita described Defensor as a "man of many talents." Prior to his new appointment, Defensor oversaw the opening of Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
Among others, Ermita said Defensor would work on the Northrail project.
Defensor is the fifth losing senatorial candidate in the administration’s Team Unity ticket in the 2007 mid-term elections to get a government post.
Arroyo has named Ralph Recto as socioeconomic planning secretary, Vicente Sotto III as chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board, Luis "Chavit" Singson as deputy national security adviser, and Prospero Pichay as chief of the Local Water Utilities Administration.
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