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Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) Secretary Frederick Go with other government officials. Facebook/Presidential Communications Office

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Malacañang to ‘dissolve’ special adviser for investments post after Go’s transfer to DOF

Katrina Domingo

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1764151843440525449140_1166318148854243_1474124536337308934_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) Secretary Frederick Go with other government officials. Facebook/Presidential Communications Office "/>Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) Secretary Frederick Go with other government officials. Facebook/Presidential Communications Office </div>MANILA — The Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) will be dissolved with its former chief Frederick Go being named the new secretary of the Department of Finance, Malacañang said on Wednesday.Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro told Palace reporters that the update came from Go himself.“Instead na magkaroon pa ng dalawang ahensya, might as well madissolve siya so pagtulungan na lang ng dalawang ahensya,” she said.(Instead of having two agencies, might as well dissolve it) Castro said negotiations with the United States over tariff rates — one of Go’s primary responsibilities as OSAPIEA chief — are not expected to be affected by the dissolution of the office.The Department of Trade and Industry can meanwhile handle the “technical and substantial work when it comes to trade agreements,” she said.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/17/bersamin-pangandaman-resign-recto-is-new-executive-secretary-1722">Bersamin, Pangandaman resign; Recto is new executive secretary</a></div>Go was named as the new finance chief after Finance Secretary Ralph Recto replaced Lucas Bersamin as executive secretary.The Cabinet shake-up took place earlier this month after former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co tagged Bersamin and former Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman in tinkering with the budget to allegedly deliver kickbacks for the President.Bersamin and Pangandaman have denied the allegations and have resigned from the Cabinet.

The Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) will be dissolved after its former chief Frederick Go has been named as the new secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF), Malacañang said on Wednesday.

The Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (OSAPIEA) will be dissolved after its former chief Frederick Go has been named as the new secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF), Malacañang said on Wednesday.

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Malacañang to dissolve special adviser for investments post after Go’s transfer to DOF

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Nov 26, 2025 06:29 PM PHT

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