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Marcos appoints Panga as PEZA director-general amid leadership row

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="PEZA handout photo" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/03/25/peza-handout-03252023.jpg"/><figcaption>PEZA handout photo</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has appointed Tereso Panga as the director-general of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) amid a leadership row with its former head Charito Plaza, Malacañang said on Saturday. </p><p>Panga was appointed PEZA chief on March 23, 2023, the Presidential Communications Office said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/02/23/4-peza-workers-file-usurpation-of-authority-complaint-vs-oic-tereso-panga">4 PEZA workers file Usurpation of Authority complaint vs OIC Tereso Panga</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/03/22/who-heads-peza-plaza-or-panga">Who heads PEZA? Incumbent DTI chief and Duterte appointee butt heads</a></li></ul><p>In January, PEZA employees filed a complaint against Panga for allegedly persecuting them for being supporters of Plaza, who insisted she remains head of the agency. </p><p>Plaza claimed the agency was exempted from a Malacañang <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/28/22/palace-extends-authority-of-oics-in-government-agencies">memorandum </a>declaring vacant several positions in the executive branch, as this does not cover &quot;government instrumentality with corporate powers.&quot;</p><p>Panga&#x27;s appointment as OIC was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/04/22/dti-chief-says-plaza-no-longer-peza-director-general">earlier affirmed</a> by Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual during the leadership dispute. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/24/23/catapang-named-as-official-bucor-chief">Marcos appoints Catapang as BuCor director-general: Palace</a></li></ul><div><strong>OTHER APPOINTEES </strong></div><p>Meanwhile, Marcos appointed former ABS-CBN News reporter Rowena &quot;Wheng&quot; Hidalgo-Otida as an assistant secretary at the Media Accreditation and Relations Office under the Presidential Communications Office. </p><p>He also appointed Maria Waywaya Macalma, a former broadcast reporter for state-run PTV, as Director III at the PCO. </p><p>They were both appointed on Feb. 15, 2023, according to the Palace. </p><p>Other appointees are the following: </p><div><strong> PCO </strong></div><ul>	<li>EVANGELINE Q. DE LEON - Assistant Secretary</li>	<li>EUGENE HENRY C. RODRIGUEZ - Assistant Secretary</li></ul><div><strong> COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS </strong></div><ul>	<li>MONINA A. ZENAROSA - member</li></ul><div><strong> DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE </strong></div><ul>	<li> WILLIE ANN M. ANGSIY - Director IV</li>	<li> DENNIS R. ARPIA - Director IV</li>	<li> WILBERTO O. CASTILLO - Director III</li>	<li> LARRY U. SULTAN - Director III</li></ul><div><strong>DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE</strong><br/><em>SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM </em></div><ul>	<li>EVA B. ARCOS - Acting Member, Representing the Workers&#x27; Group, Social Security Commission</li></ul><div><strong>DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY </strong></div><ul>	<li> RALPH JOSEPH C. MONCATAR - Director IV</li>	<li> JUNE VINCENT MANUEL S. GAUDAN- Director III</li>	<li> JIMI RAMBO R. ARRANCHADO - Director II</li>	<li> MELVYN CARLO T. BARROA - Director II</li>	<li> RACHEL ANN P. GRABADOR - Director I</li></ul><div><strong> RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2350287" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Panga was appointed PEZA chief on March 23, 2023, the Presidential Communications Office said. 

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Marcos appoints Panga as PEZA director-general amid leadership row

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 25, 2023 05:58 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 25, 2023 06:29 PM PHT

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Maria Waywaya Macalma

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