DLSU president is new DepEd chief
MANILA, Philippines - De La Salle University president and chancellor Brother Armin Luistro has accepted the post of education secretary of incoming President Benigno Aquino III.
A statement released by De La Salle on Wednesday said Luistro arrived at the decision after consulting with the university's stakeholders.
"After due consultation with various stakeholders in the Lasallian community, President and Chancellor Br. Armin Luistro FSC has accepted the invitation of President-elect Benigno C. Aquino III to be the Department of Education Secretary," the statement read,
Luistro is among those who called for President Arroyo's resignation in 2005 after she was accused of rigging the 2004 presidential election.
Incoming Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa earlier said the entire Aquino Cabinet will be known before the weekend.
Among those widely believed to have already been chosen are:
- Aquino campaign manager Florencio "Butch" Abad as budget secretary;
- Makati Business Club president Alberto Lim as tourism secretary;
- Leila de Lima as justice secretary;
- President Cory Aquino’s former Presidential Security Guard chief Voltaire Gazmin as defense secretary;
- Cesar Purisima as finance secretary;
- Guillermo Parayno as Bureau of Customs chief;
- Kim Henares as Bureau of Internal Revenue commissioner;
- former Nestle CEO Johnny Santos as Philippine ambassador to the US;
- Manila Water Corp.'s Jose Rene Almendras as energy secretary; and,
- Jaime Aristotle Alip as agriculture secretary.
Aquino is also expected to retain Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo for a year, while Horacio Ramos and Greg Domingo are expected to be one-year benchwarmers in the environment and trade departments.
Aquino's running mate, Sen. Mar Roxas, and former Bukidnon Rep. Nereus Acosta are expected to take over the two positions once the one-year appointment ban on losing election candidates lapses.
A source in the Aquino camp, meanwhile said Aquino is eyeing Maynilad Water Services president Rogelio "Babes" L. Singson as secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways and former Health Secretary Jaime Galvez Tan as secretary of the Department of Health. Report from ANC
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Kim Henares for BIR? ....To OFWs,
Wasn't it Mr. Kim Henares, then deputy commissioner of BIR, who floated the proposal to restore the tax on OFWs.
Delikado ang mga OFWs kung ganoon ang mangyayari. I believe he blamed the exemption for the low collection of BIR in that year. That was 2005.
See this article:
http://ofwempowerment.wordpress.com/2005/12/14/2379/
Naku. To all OFWs, we have to know what he thinks now and more importantly, if he considers that proposal a big mistake.
Isipin ninyo, bago pa makaalis ang would be OFW, marami ng inutang para ma-recruit. Pagdating sa ibang bansa, mangungutang pa ulit para makapagpadala sa kanilang pamilya. Pagkatapos sisingilin pa ng tax.
Yan ang hirap sa mga out-of-touch na bureau/department heads.
On tuition fees....
La Salle has one of the highest tuition fees as you all know.
If Bro sides with private school owners and agrees to tuition fee increases by private schools, oh man! P.Noy will be fiercely criticized. It will cause people to lose confidence.
I don't know...
Bro. Luistro is the head of an elite school. A private school which caters to the rich.
He might be capable of institutionalizing an education system competetive to better countries.
But our country's education problem is the high percentage of illiteracy and rate of drop-outs. Is he the best person for this? I was thinking of Efren Penaflorida. He might be a long shot but think about relevance.
I don't know Bro's capability. I just hope he doesn't do a Bro. Andrew who tried to buy several Ford Expeditions for the department. That was a serious lapse in judgement which makes me conclude that elite heads cannot do well for poor stakeholders.