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DOT’s La Viña transferred to agriculture department

Other appointments announced (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments. Tourism Undersecretary Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña is now an undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture, taking the post left vacant by Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who is now head of the tourism department. La Viña was Social Security System commissioner before he was transferred to the Department of Tourism amid allegations of corruption against him. He has denied the allegations, saying they were part […]

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Four SSS execs face profiteering raps

(Eagle News) — A complaint has been filed against a high-ranking Social Security System official after he allegedly traded stocks for his personal portfolio by using his position and the same stockbrokers who manage the SSS portfolio. A report written by Daxim Lucas published in the Inquirer on Oct. 31 said apart from  Rizaldy Capulong, the fund’s executive vice president for investments, Reginald Candelaria, equities investment division chief; Ernesto Francisco Jr., head of the equities […]

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