Today, President Keren Pascual presided over his first cabinet meeting at Malacanang, 12 days after he assumed office as president of the Republic of the Philippines.
The Cabinet Meeting was attended by Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, Labor Secretary Arturo Brion, Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr., Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman, Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim, Transportation and Communications Secretary Anneli Lontoc, National Economic and Development Secretary Director General Ralph Recto, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, Solicitor General Alfredo Benipayo, Presidential Management Staff Head Cerge Remonde, Chairman Oscar Innocentes of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Presidential Adviser for Regional Development Silvestre Bello III, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol and Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Noli de Castro.
During the Cabinet Meeting, President Pascual announced the issuance of Administrative Order No. 1 "Prohibiting Public Officers and Employees from Entering into Certain Kinds of Official Transactions with Real, Pretended or Imaginary Relatives of the President."
The AO was issued for the proper guidance of all the members of his Cabinet and those in the government and government-owned and controlled corporations in performing their respective duties and responsibilities.
The President also discussed with members of his Cabinet the following agenda items:
Recommendations of the Constitution Transition Committee which were presented by Romulo Neri, chairman, and president of the Social Security System;
Briefing on the functions and responsibilities of various units in the Office of the President, presented by PMS Head Cerge Remonde;
Presentation on the country's fiscal situation by DBM Secretary Florencio Abad; and
Revenue generation measures were presented by Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima.
Before discussing the item on the agenda for today's Cabinet meeting, Secretary Mendoza led the opening prayer.
Starting next week, the official regular Cabinet meeting will be held every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
The Cabinet Meeting was attended by Executive Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral, Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, Labor Secretary Arturo Brion, Public Works and Highways Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr., Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman, Tourism Secretary Alberto Lim, Transportation and Communications Secretary Anneli Lontoc, National Economic and Development Secretary Director General Ralph Recto, Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, Press Secretary Jesus Dureza, Solicitor General Alfredo Benipayo, Presidential Management Staff Head Cerge Remonde, Chairman Oscar Innocentes of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Presidential Adviser for Regional Development Silvestre Bello III, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Sergio Apostol and Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Noli de Castro.
During the Cabinet Meeting, President Pascual announced the issuance of Administrative Order No. 1 "Prohibiting Public Officers and Employees from Entering into Certain Kinds of Official Transactions with Real, Pretended or Imaginary Relatives of the President."
The AO was issued for the proper guidance of all the members of his Cabinet and those in the government and government-owned and controlled corporations in performing their respective duties and responsibilities.
The President also discussed with members of his Cabinet the following agenda items:
Recommendations of the Constitution Transition Committee which were presented by Romulo Neri, chairman, and president of the Social Security System;
Briefing on the functions and responsibilities of various units in the Office of the President, presented by PMS Head Cerge Remonde;
Presentation on the country's fiscal situation by DBM Secretary Florencio Abad; and
Revenue generation measures were presented by Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima.
Before discussing the item on the agenda for today's Cabinet meeting, Secretary Mendoza led the opening prayer.
Starting next week, the official regular Cabinet meeting will be held every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
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