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She is replaced as education secretary by Sonny Angara, who vacates his seat in the Senate on July 18. [ 191 ] The Court of Appeals reverses the acquittal of Police Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Dumlao III in the 2017 kidnapping and killing of Jee Ick-Joo and sentences him to life imprisonment for being the mastermind of the event.
The secretary of education (Filipino: Kalihim ng Edukasyon) is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Education (DepEd). The current secretary is Sonny Angara, who was sworn in on July 19, 2024. [1] [2]
In 2010, Briones was nominated for the Presidency of the University of the Philippines [9] but fell short of getting a majority vote from the university's Board of Regents. [10] On May 28, 2016, then president-elect Rodrigo Duterte offered Briones the Secretary of Education post, [11] which she formally accepted on June 7, 2016. [12]
Duterte was appointed as Marcos' first Secretary of Education after they both took office in mid-2022. [1] Although she preferred to be Secretary of Defense [ 2 ] Over the next two years, Duterte's relationship with Marcos' allies detoriated, particularly with House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Marcos' wife and first lady Liza Araneta . [ 1 ]
Luistro was born on December 24, 1961, to José Dimayuga Luistro and Magdalena Aranda Altamirano-Luistro in Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. He attended first grade at Our Lady of the Rosary Academy in Lipa, grades 2 to 5 at Canossa Academy Lipa, and graduated elementary and high school at De La Salle Lipa.
Rodrigo Duterte assumed office as President of the Philippines on June 30, 2016, and his term ended on June 30, 2022. On May 31, 2016, a few weeks before his presidential inauguration, Duterte named his Cabinet members, [8] which comprised a diverse selection of former military generals, childhood friends, classmates, and leftists. [9]
The 2022 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 9, 2022, as part of the 2022 general election.This was the 17th direct presidential election and 16th vice presidential election in the Philippines since 1935, and the sixth sextennial presidential and vice presidential election since 1992.
For much of its history since 1935, the Philippines has been governed as a presidential unitary republic.The term "general election" is not predominantly used in the Philippines, but for the purposes of this article, a "general election" may refer to an election day where the presidency or at least a class of members of Congress are on the ballot.