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Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez during the Senate hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Presidential Communications Office and attached agencies and corporations in Pasay City on September 26, 2024.

Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez during the Senate hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Presidential Communications Office and attached agencies and corporations in Pasay City on September 26, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Katrina Domingo

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1749392043149EMBED_20240926-senate-budget-pco-hearing-MD-9.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Then-Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez during the Senate hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Presidential Communications Office and attached agencies and corporations in Pasay City on September 26, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File"/>Then-Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cesar Chavez during the Senate hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Presidential Communications Office and attached agencies and corporations in Pasay City on September 26, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</div>MANILA — Former Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez on Sunday confirmed that he is set to return as the chief of staff of incoming Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso. Talks for a potential renewal of their partnership started as early as February 25, Chavez told ABS-CBN News. “Before the start of the local campaign, he told me, ‘Dito (Manila) na tayo chief. Nagagawa natin agad naiisip natin,’” he said. “After the election, he asked me to be his chief of staff, sabay labas ng listahan ng mga gusto niyang gawin agad,” he added.<div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/13/-bati-bati-na-tayo-mayor-elect-isko-moreno-wants-to-move-on-from-rift-with-rivals-2339">&#x27;Bati-bati na tayo&#x27;: Mayor-elect Isko Moreno wants to move on from rift with rivals</a> </div>When asked why he accepted the offer to return to local government service after a stint as Cabinet Secretary, Chavez said: “Foresight and executive ability at decisiveness ni Yorme. Diyan ako inspired.” Chavez — who has also worked as a radio broadcaster — first served as Domagoso’s chief of staff in 2019, when the young mayor defeated former President Joseph Estrada in the capital city’s mayoralty race. In October 2021 — as Domagoso was preparing for his presidential bid in the 2022 national elections — Chavez resigned from his post, saying that he accepted an offer to be an executive of the Manila Broadcasting Company. After President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won the presidency, Chavez was eventually appointed to the Department of Transportation as Undersecretary for Rails. In December 2023, he was named as Presidential Assistant for Strategic Communications. In September 2024, he was appointed as chief of the Presidential Communications Office, but resigned from the post after 5 months, saying that he has “fallen short of what was expected” of him. Chavez did not give a specific incident on why he felt he failed to meet certain targets, but underscored that he “will leave with the same enthusiasm, gratitude, and hope for a better future for the country we love.” <div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/13/lacuna-concedes-defeat-to-isko-moreno-1615">Lacuna concedes defeat to Isko Moreno</a> </div>Once Domagoso is sworn into office later this month, Chavez is expected to be immediately appointed as his right-hand man. “He (Domagoso) wants a minimum of 10-year development plan for Manila,” Chavez said. “‘Yan ang malaking pagkakaiba ngayon: Mas naka-focus si Yorme sa 10-year development plan for Manila,” he said. “Kailangan lahat ng Department heads and key officials ng city hall ay araw-araw ng mag-exercise bago pa ang June 30, both mentally and physically. Mukhang walang tulugan na naman ito,” he added.Chavez declined to give further specifics about Domagoso’s 10-year development plan for Manila, saying that details will be discussed during the incoming mayor’s inaugural address.

Former Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez on Sunday confirmed that he is set to return as the chief of staff of incoming Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso.

Former Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez on Sunday confirmed that he is set to return as the chief of staff of incoming Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso.

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Ex-PCO chief Cesar Chavez set to return as Isko Moreno’s chief of staff

Katrina Domingo,

Mon Rodelas,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 08, 2025 10:15 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 08, 2025 11:00 PM PHT

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