MORE CABINET APPOINTEES ANNOUNCED

President Pascual today announced the appointment of 11 more members of her official family.

The President named Angelo Reyes as Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE); Assistant Secretary Anneli Lontoc as Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC); Hermogenes Ebdane as Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Norberto Gonzales as National Security Adviser and Director General of the National Security Council; Nestor M. Mantaring as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI); Romulo G. Neri as chairman and president of the Social Security System (SSS); Winston Garcia as president and general manager of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS); Victor Dumon as chairman of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS); Titus Villanueva as Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BoC); Atty. Oscar Innocentes as Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA); and Roberto Capco as Undersecretary for Operations, Office of the Press Secretary (OPS).

Before his appointment, Mantaring was Deputy Director of the Philippine National Police.

Abadia was former AFP Chief of Staff during the administration of former Presidents Corazon C. Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos.

Capco was a veteran journalist of the Philippine Star and later became media director of the Office of the Vice President.