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BELLO TO REPLACE SALUDO AS CABINET SECRETARY

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has tapped Atty. Silvestre Bello III as Cabinet secretary vice Atty. Ricardo Saludo who was earlier designated as chairperson of the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

Press Secretary Ignacio R. Bunye aid Bello will assume his post upon the confirmation by the Commission on Appointments (CA) of Saludo as CSC chair.

Bello is Presidential Adviser on New Government Centers.

He was chairman of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) panel holding talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army National Democratic Front ( CPP-NPA-NDF ) from 2001 to 2004.

Bello, who was undersecretary of the Department of Justice ( DOJ ) during the time of then President Corazon Aquino, was named justice secretary during the term of former President Joseph Estrada. He also served as Solicitor- General from 1996 to 1998.

The post of Cabinet secretary, with the rank and emolument of a Cabinet member, was created on Dec. 22, 1986 to assist in maximizing the services of the Cabinet to the President.

As Cabinet secretary , Bello will head the Cabinet secretariat, an integral part of the Office of the President, which assists the President in the establishment and facilitation of the agenda of Cabinet meetings. [top]




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Weather Forecast :


Issued at: July 24, 2008 7:00 AM

Synopsis :

At 2 a.m. today, an Active Low Pressure Area (ALPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 1,000 kms east northeast of Northern Luzon (22.0°N, 132.0°E). Light to moderate southwesterly surface windflow prevailing over Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Forecast :

Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Light to moderate winds blowing from the southwest will prevail over Southern Luzon, Visayas amd Mindanao and coming from the southwest and west over the rest of the country. The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate except during thunderstorms.

Sunrise : 5:37 AM
Sunset : 6:28 PM

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