Ex-senator named to PNOC board

MANILA, Philippines -    President Aquino had appointed a former senator from Bicol as a member of the board of the Philippine National Oil Co. while a former labor secretary of deposed President Joseph Estrada has been named commissioner of the Social Security System.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte announced on government-owned radio dzRB that ex-senator Victor Ziga is now a member of the PNOC board of directors while former labor chief Bienvenido Laguesma represents the employers’ group in SSS.

Other new appointees include Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita, also a colleague of Ziga in PNOC, and Virgilio Yuzon, who will sit as board director in National Development Co. as a representative of the private sector.