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Despite being incomplete, with some secretaries of executive departments yet to be named, officials chosen to serve and be Marcos Jr.’s alter ego in key sectors already took their oath of office at the Malacañang on Thursday.
Published January 18, 2021, 10:10 AM Former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos assumd his new position chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Devlopment Authority (MMDA) last Tuesday, taking over from Danilo Lim who died last week from cardiac arrest a week after contracting COVID-19. On his first day n office, he said he will look into MMDA’s program on COVID-19 in coordination with ongoing national efforts against the pandemic and with local government units which have drawn up their individual plans against the virus. Many of these loca...