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.
Vargas was appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman by former president Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022.
Marcos names acting Ombudsman, This news data comes from:http://wi-rgh-iihv-atpv.redcanaco.com
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
- 'God's Influencer' to become first millennial saint
- Gasoline, diesel prices to increase again next week
- Pakistanis no reprieve from floods yet
- 15 people hospitalized after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station
- UN watchdog finds uranium traces at suspected Syrian former nuclear site
- Trump stamps 'dictator chic' on Washington
- Peace efforts in limbo as Kyiv mourns 23 dead
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with lava pouring out from multiple vents
- Taiwan, China locked in historical word war
- Mexican boxer Chavez Jr. released from prison pending trial
