{"id":799903,"date":"2016-07-27T01:08:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T17:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=799903"},"modified":"2016-10-24T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:59:24","slug":"duterte-still-has-no-dpwh-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/799903\/duterte-still-has-no-dpwh-secretary","title":{"rendered":"Duterte still has no DPWH Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
PRESIDENT Duterte still doesn\u2019t have a Public Works Secretary.<\/p>\n\n
Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as said that Las Pi\u00f1as Rep. Mark Villar has not yet handed in his resignation paper.<\/p>\n\n
Fari\u00f1as said that Villar has to resign first before he could assume as head of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).<\/p>\n\n
Villar was appointed DPWH Secretary as early as a week after the May 9 elections.<\/p>\n\n
Villar was present at the opening of the 17th Congress last July 25 where he took his oath of office along with House members in the 17th Congress.<\/p>\n\n
A source from Villar\u2019s camp confirmed that the son of former Senate President Manuel Villar has not yet resigned\u00a0 but he would do so in the next few days.<\/p>\n\n
The Villars have not yet announced whom they would field in a possible special election for the soon-to-be vacated Las Pi\u00f1as district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PRESIDENT Duterte still doesn\u2019t have a Public Works Secretary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":793928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[206079,41955],"byline":[782],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[170633],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n