Tacloban City(11 January) — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has appointed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
Secretary Duque will be replaced by Secretary Esperanza Cabral of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Secretary Cabral is replaced by DSWD Undersecretary Celia Yangco.
Moreover, Secretary Agnes Devanadera is now permanent Secretary of the Department of Justice, after then Secretary Raul Gonzalez was named chief presidential legal adviser.