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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

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

2

DOMINGO P. NOLASCO

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Finland

3

NOEL EUGENE EUSEBIO M. SERVIGON

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania

4

RAYMOND R. BALATBAT

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with concurrent jurisdiction over the Republic of Yemen

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

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

7

GIOVANNI E. PALEC

Non-Resident Ambassador to North Macedonia in Addition to being Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic

8

JABBAR M. ADIONG

CAREER MINISTER

9

JED MARTIN A. LLONA

CAREER MINISTER

10

EDWIN GIL Q. MENDOZA

CAREER MINISTER

11

JEFFREY P. SALIK

CAREER MINISTER

12

ZOILO A. VELASCO

CAREER MINISTER

13

JUAN CARLOS C. BORROMEO

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER,

CLASS I

14

DYAN KRISTINE B. MIRANDA-PASTRANA

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER,

CLASS I

15

ELLA KARINA R. MITRA

FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER,

CLASS I

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