Duterte names new OICs of DENR, DAR days before stepping down

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has named new heads of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) a little over a week before he steps down, an official said Thursday.</p><p>Duterte picked David Erro as DAR officer-in-charge effective June 20, and Joselin Marcus Fragada, Jr. as DENR OIC effective June 22. Their terms will end on June 30, same as Duterte&#x27;s.</p><p>Acting presidential spokesman Martin Andanar confirmed their designations.</p><p>Erro, who is DAR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and Research Office, succeeded acting Secretary Bernie Cruz, who took over the agency latelast year.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/30/21/bernie-cruz-takes-over-as-agrarian-reform-secretary">Bernie Cruz takes over as acting secretary of agrarian reform</a></li></ul><p>&quot;The Congress has adjourned this June 2022, and Cruz’s appointment is, therefore, considered bypassed, prompting the (Office of the President) to assign an OIC,&quot; a press statement of DAR said.</p><p>Fragada, meanwhile, replaced Jim Sampulna, who led the DENR since late February following Secretary Roy Cimatu&#x27;s resignation due to health reasons. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/26/22/dolomite-beach-project-to-continue-under-new-denr-chief">Dolomite beach project to continue under new DENR chief Sapulna</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/18/22/denr-chief-cimatu-quits">DENR chief Cimatu resigns due to health reasons: Palace</a></li></ul><p>Fragada was recently DENR Undersecretary for Field Operations-Mindanao. Years before, he held the same post but for Northern Luzon.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: David Erro already took his oath as DAR&#x27;s officer-in-charge.<br/><br/>Based on the agency&#x27;s press release, he was appointed on June 20.<br/><br/>He will serve until June 30 or until incoming DAR secretary Conrado Estrella III takes over. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/jobmanahan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jobmanahan</a> <a href="https://t.co/V0aABUezmI">pic.twitter.com/V0aABUezmI</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1539913579104972801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>He also served as the executive director of DENR-Davao. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/01/26/13/denr-start-reforestation-pablo-hit-areas">DENR to start reforestation in &#x27;Pablo&#x27;-hit areas</a></li></ul><p>President-elect Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos, Jr. named Conrado Estrella III as his DAR Secretary but has yet to name his DENR chief.</p><div><strong> WATCH</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=2050619" 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><div> </div>

President Rodrigo Duterte has named new heads of the DAR and DENR a little over a week before he steps down, an official said Thursday.

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Duterte names new OICs of DENR, DAR days before stepping down

Duterte names new OICs of DENR, DAR days before stepping down

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 23, 2022 08:02 PM PHT

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