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TV host Daphne Oseña-Paez is Marcos Jr.'s new 'press briefer': Palace

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Oseña-Paez" s="" Facebook="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/20/20221220-daphne-osena-paez-fb.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Oseña-Paez&#x27;s Facebook page.</em></figcaption></figure></div><h3>Press briefings to be held every Tuesday: Oseña-Paez</h3><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATED) </strong>— TV host and former news presenter Daphne Oseña-Paez is President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr&#x27;s new &quot;press briefer,&quot; Malacañang said on Tuesday. </p><p>&quot;Makakasama sa bawat briefing na gagawin dito sa Press Working Area. Siya ang magiging tagapaghatid ng balita at impormasyon tungkol sa mga gawain at proyekto ni President Marcos,&quot; Press Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil told Palace reporters. </p><p>Oseña-Paez said she will be &quot;the one who will regularly be the source of updates from the Palace.&quot;</p><p>When asked about her new role and what rank she has under the Office of the Press Secretary — if she is an undersecretary or assistant secretary — the new official said, &quot;You can just call me Daphne.&quot; </p><p>&quot;My role here is to amplify and to communicate the message of President Marcos and the Cabinet, and the government, and you are my partners in this,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;I will be here to brief you every Tuesday regularly after Cabinet meetings, and to express, and to represent whatever programs, and news items that need to be amplified,&quot; she added.</p><p>Marcos, Jr. earlier said he <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/31/22/marcos-wont-have-spokesman-says-incoming-pcoo-chief" target="_blank">would not have any spokesperson</a> under his administration, preferring to present himself to the media. </p><p>This policy will not change, she said. </p><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=2388066" 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><address>Video from RTVM</address><p>&quot;The President will speak for himself. I’m just here to support the Office of the Press Secretary for now, and I look forward to learning a lot about the programs,&quot; said the new official. </p><p>Oseña-Paez formally replaced lawyer Trixie Cruz-Angeles as the new face of Malacañang. Cruz-Angeles <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/04/22/trixie-cruz-angeles-resigns-as-press-secretary" target="_blank">resigned in early October</a> to focus on her health. </p><p>Garafil was appointed the Office of the Press Secretary&#x27;s officer-in-charge during the interim. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/07/22/ltfrb-chief-moves-to-office-of-the-press-secretary-as-officer-in-charge">LTFRB chief resigns, moves to Office of the Press Secretary as officer-in-charge</a></li></ul><div><strong>WHO IS OSENA-PAEZ? </strong></div><p>Oseña-Paez is a champion of women&#x27;s and child&#x27;s rights, Garafil said. </p><p>She graduated from the University of Toronto in Canada with a degree on fine arts and history, the official noted. She is currently enrolled for an advanced certificate on environmental management. </p><p>Oseña-Paez had hosted several events for the Palace, including the launch of the 2015 APEC in the Philippines in December 2014 under former President Benigno &quot;Noynoy&quot; Aquino III. </p><p>She also hosted the ASEAN 2017 Business and Investment Program Launch in Malacañang last January 2017 under former President Rodrigo Duterte and his culminating activity &quot;The Duterte Legacy Summit&quot; this May. </p><p>She was also a former ABS-CBN TV host for the network&#x27;s lifestyle magazine show &quot;F,&quot; which aired from <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/12/24/19/f-hosts-angel-aquino-daphne-osena-cher-calvin-reunite-after-10-years" target="_blank">January 1999 until February 2006</a>. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/lifestyle/03/28/12/%E2%80%98f%E2%80%99-girls-reunited">‘F’ girls reunited</a></li></ul><p>In February 2019, she was named UNICEF&#x27;s <a href="https://www.unicef.org/philippines/press-releases/daphne-paez-and-anne-curtis-elevated-unicef-national-goodwill-ambassadors" target="_blank">National Goodwill Ambassador</a> for &quot;actively supporting and promoting children’s rights.&quot;</p><p>Recently, Oseña-Paez ventured into vlogging.</p><p>In January 2017, the TV host recalled how important Malacañang is for her most especially when she was young, as her father worked as a pilot for Marcos Jr.&#x27;s father and namesake, former President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. </p><p>&quot;Life is funny and surprising. I&#x27;m totally not in charge. I have stopped making plans. Yet these things keep happening,&quot; she had said in that entry.</p>

Oseña-Paez had hosted several events for the Palace under then presidents Noynoy Aquino and Rodrigo Duterte.

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TV host Daphne Oseña-Paez is Marcos Jr.'s new 'press briefer': Palace

Job Manahan,

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Published Dec 20, 2022 02:51 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 21, 2022 12:23 AM PHT

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