Marcos appoints new Ombudsman special prosecutor, other officials

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed a new Special Prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman, the independent government body tasked with prosecuting graft cases against high government officials.

According to the Presidential Communications Office on Saturday, Marcos appointed lawyer Mariflor Castillo, succeeding former Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval.

Mandated with a fixed term of seven years, the Special Prosecutor is empowered to conduct preliminary investigation and prosecute criminal cases against erring government officials that are within the jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan, and enter into a plea bargaining agreement.

Marcos also appointed the following:

Department of Foreign Affairs - UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines

Juan Edgardo Angara
Member, Committee on Education, Representing the Government Organization

Arsenio Balisacan
Member, Committee on Social and Human Sciences, Representing the Government Organization

Jeremy Robert Barns
Member, Committee on Culture, Representing the Government Organization

Jose Francisco Benitez
Member, Committee on Education, Representing the Government Organization

Arthur Casanova
Member, Committee on Communication and Information, Representing the Government Organization

Alvin Culaba
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Representing the Government Organization

J. Prospero De Vera
Member, Committee on Education, Representing the Government Organization

Ma. Esperanza Christiana Frasco
Member, Committee on Culture, Representing the Government Organization

Mohagher Iqbal
Member, Committee on Education, Representing the Government Organization

Maria Antonia Loyzaga
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Representing the Government Organization

Khay Ann Magundayao-Borlado
Member, Committee on Social and Human Sciences, Representing the Government Organization

Victorino Manalo
Member, Committee on Culture, Representing the Government Organization

Claire Dennis Mapa
Member, Committee on Social and Human Sciences, Representing the Government Organization

Ma. Cristina Roque
Member, Committee on Culture, Representing the Government Organization

Renato Solidum Jr.
Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Representing the Government Organization

Ivan John Uy
Member, Committee on Communication and Information, Representing the Government Organization

National Economic and Development Authority

Frances Catima Cabana
Director IV

Philippine Statistics Authority

Rosalinda Bautista
Deputy National Statistician

Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Authority for Child Care

Glady Bunao
Member, Representing the Non-Government Organizations

Department of Tourism-Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving

Gloriece Glen Do
Deputy Executive Director III

Department of Transportation - Office of Transportation Cooperatives

Reymundo De Guzman Jr.
Chairperson

Department of National Defense-Office of Civil Defense

Jekereen Joy Casipit
Deputy Administrator III

Donato Sermeno III
Director II

Dominic Almelor
Director I

Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute

Janet Quizon
Director III

Department of Labor and Employment

Emmanuel Ferrer
Director III

Norman Uyvico
Director III

Remedios Vegim-Teves
Director III

National Wages and Productivity Commission

Dante Encinas
Member, Representing the Workers Sector, Region V, Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board

Kenneth Fabila
Member, Representing the Employers Sector, Region VIII, Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board

Department of Health

Farwa Hombre
Assistant Secretary

Department of Justice-National Bureau of Investigation

Rosalina Chiong- Director II

Department of Migrant Workers

Felicitas Bay
Undersecretary

Office of the Solicitor General

Sarah Mae Cruz
Assistant Solicitor General

Jennifer Fandialan-Legaspi
Assistant Solicitor General

Jane Yu
Assistant Solicitor General

Department of Agrarian Reform

Rodolfo Castil Jr.
Assistant Secretary

Abdullah Balindong
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II

Elpidio Santos
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II

Josephine Aguinaldo
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer I

Virginia Batosalem
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer I

National Security Council

Romeo Racadio
Director IV

Climate Change Commission-People's Survival Fund Board

Silvestre Barrameda Jr.
Member, Representing the Non-Government Organizations

Yvonne Purisima Flores
Member, Representing the Business Sector

Juan Pulhin
Member, Representing the Academic and Scientific Community

Department of Education

Roger Masapol
Assistant Secretary

Paolo Mikael Quilala
Director IV

Ma. Guia Del Valle-Ramoso
Director III

Nicasio Frio
Schools Division Superintendent

Rommel Jandayan
Schools Division Superintendent

Ernesto Servillon Jr.
Schools Division Superintendent

Bernadette Susvilla
Schools Division Superintendent

Ferdinand Sy
Schools Division Superintendent

Novelyn Vilchez
Schools Division Superintendent

Cynthia Ayles
Schools Division Superintendent

Anelito Bongcawil
Schools Division Superintendent

Melanie Estacio
Schools Division Superintendent

Soraya Faculo
Schools Division Superintendent

Jinky Firman
Schools Division Superintendent

Juan Araojo Jr.
Schools Division Superintendent

Gaudencio Aljibe Jr.
Schools Division Superintendent

—Sherylin Untalan/VBL, GMA Integrated News