MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new member of the Energy Regulatory Commission and an executive director of the Emergency 911 national office.
Duterte has named Catherine Paredes Maceda as ERC member for a 10-year term that would expire on July 10, 2025. Her appointment paper was signed last September 11.
Maceda will replace Alfredo Non, one of the ERC officials suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for three months last May for simple neglect of duty.
Other ERC officials who were slapped with the three-month suspension were Gloria Victoria Taruc, Josefina Asirit and Geronimo Sta. Ana. Late last year, the four commissioners were suspended for one year for allegedly delaying the competitive bidding in securing power supply deals.
Duterte also designated retired police Chief Superintendent Diosdado Valeroso as executive director of the Emergency 911 National Office.
The president institutionalized 911 as the nationwide emergency number through executive order no. 56 issued last May. The order expanded the emergency hotline Duterte established when he was mayor of Davao City.
Duterte has also appointed Ferdinand Sevilla as vice president for administration of the Philippine Public Safety College.