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Then Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga briefs the a Senate committee on the state of wildlife protection, September 6, 2022. Albert Calvelo, Senate PRIB

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Harlene Delgado

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177389382319420220906-senate-denr-yulo-loyzaga-SPRIB101528.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Then Environment Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga briefs the a Senate committee on the state of wildlife protection, September 6, 2022. Albert Calvelo, Senate PRIB</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former environment secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga as Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), Malacañang said Thursday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/12/01/23/denr-explains-yulo-loyzagas-2023-travel-expenses">DENR explains Yulo-Loyzaga&#x27;s 2023 travel expenses amid criticisms</a></div><p>In a press release from the Presidential Communications Office, it said that the President swore in Yulo-Loyzaga in a ceremony at the Malacañang Palace, where he “expressed appreciation for her acceptance of the role, citing her extensive expertise in disaster resilience management.”</p><p>“The President also conveyed his full support for the new special envoy as she advances the administration’s agenda on climate action, renewable energy integration, and disaster risk reduction,” it said.</p><p>It added that Marcos Jr. “expressed confidence that Yulo-Loyzaga will champion sound environmental governance and help build a more resilient Philippines.”</p><p>Loyzaga—who served as DENR chief from 2022 to 2025—was booted out of the Marcos cabinet in May 2025 during a leadership revamp.</p><p>Then-Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin had clarified that Loyzaga’s exit was not because of corruption issues but could be due to underperformance.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/23/marcos-to-retain-economic-managers-after-courtesy-resignations-palace-1434">Marcos retains economic managers, shuffles other Cabinet secretaries</a></div><p>In 2023, Senator Raffy Tulfo questioned Yulo-Loyzaga’s foreign trips and travel expenses, citing his sources within the agency, to which the agency issued clarification.</p><p>Prior to her appointment in DENR, she served as a director at the United Nations International Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies for two years and as president of the National Resilience Council and was a member of the UNDRR Asia Pacific Science and Technology Advisory Group.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/8/columnist-sheds-light-on-landgrab-claim-vs-denr-chief-1517">Columnist sheds light on landgrab claim vs DENR chief</a></div><p>She also served as executive director of the Manila Observatory from 2007 to 2016.</p><p>The special envoy earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Ateneo de Manila University and a Master of Arts in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EjZEWxwogk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FlZIPMiKJC8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MzugJcz_xKA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S45LlPR7Fc4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former environment secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga as Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), Malacañang said Thursday.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former environment secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga as Special Envoy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM), Malacañang said Thursday.

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Ex-DENR chief Yulo-Loyzaga named special envoy for disaster management

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Mar 19, 2026 12:17 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 19, 2026 02:34 PM PHT

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