TRB gets new head

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) yesterday announced the appointment of three executives to assume board seats in key transport agencies, namely the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).

Former Marinduque congressman Edmund Reyes Jr. heads the new appointees as executive director of the TRB, the main transport agency responsible for managing and regulating toll fees for the major north and south superhighways in the country. 

Reyes’ appointment was made effective yesterday. He replaced retired executive director Manuel Imperial.

Reyes, during his stint in the Lower House, was a member of key committees such as public works and highways, transportation and communications and ways and means.

Also appointed as new board member at TRB is lawyer Pablo Roces Nava III, a native of Jaro, Iloilo City, and a practicing corporate and legal counsel for various organizations. He is also a former member of Sangguniang Bayan for the Dumangas, Iloilo.

Meanwhile, engineer Apollo Enriquez was appointed member of the board of directors of Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) to take the place vacated by Noemi Saludo, whose term has expired.

Enriquez earned his Masters of Engineering (Geotechnical) from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand, and had stints with international structural design firm Ove Arup & Partners in Hong Kong.  He was also the former chairman, Board of Civil Engineering, Professional Regulation Commission.