Commission on Appointments Confirms the Nominations and Appointments of 15 DFA Officials
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MANILA 15 August 2024 - The Commission on Appointments gave its consent to the nominations and confirmed the ad interim appointments of 15 DFA officials at its Plenary Session on 07 August 2024, as follows:
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NAME OF NOMINEES / APPOINTEES |
CONFIRMED AS | |
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1 |
ANTONIO A. MORALES |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Commonwealth of Australia with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Nauru, Tuvalu and the Republic of Vanuatu |
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2 |
DOMINGO P. NOLASCO |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Finland |
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3 |
NOEL EUGENE EUSEBIO M. SERVIGON |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania |
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4 |
RAYMOND R. BALATBAT |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Yemen |
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5 |
NINA P. CAINGLET |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh with concurrent jurisdiction over the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives |
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6 |
ADRIAN BERNIE C. CANDOLADA |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Colombia with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Ecuador and Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
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7 |
GIOVANNI E. PALEC |
Non-Resident Ambassador to North Macedonia in Addition to being Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic |
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8 |
JABBAR M. ADIONG |
CAREER MINISTER |
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9 |
JED MARTIN A. LLONA |
CAREER MINISTER |
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10 |
EDWIN GIL Q. MENDOZA |
CAREER MINISTER |
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11 |
JEFFREY P. SALIK |
CAREER MINISTER |
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12 |
ZOILO A. VELASCO |
CAREER MINISTER |
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13 |
JUAN CARLOS C. BORROMEO |
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, CLASS I |
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14 |
DYAN KRISTINE B. MIRANDA-PASTRANA |
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, CLASS I |
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15 |
ELLA KARINA R. MITRA |
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER, CLASS I |
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NOTHING FOLLOWS |
Six of the aforementioned officials joined the deliberation virtually, as they are currently assigned abroad and have requested to waive their personal appearance in order to continue performing vital consular, assistance to nationals, political, economic, and cultural functions. END