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President Marcos has named singer-turned-politician Anthony Castelo as vice chair and chief operating officer of the Bataan Shipyard and Engineering Co., a state firm controlled by the Presidential Commission on Good Government.
His designation was announced by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on its Facebook page on Thursday.
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The singer, whose hits in the 1970s included 鈥淏alatkayo,鈥� 鈥淗ahanapin Ko,鈥� and 鈥淣ang Dahil sa Pag-Ibig,鈥� was a known supporter of Mr. Marcos鈥� father and namesake, the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
A former Quezon City councilor, Castelo is the second singer and Marcos loyalist to be named recently to a government post.
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Last week, the PCO announced the appointment of Imelda Papin as an acting member of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office鈥檚 board of directors.
Known as 鈥淎sia鈥檚 Sentimental Songstress,鈥� Papin even joined the Marcos family when they fled to Hawaii after the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
She was later elected as Camarines Sur vice governor. 鈥擩ULIE M. AURELIO