Marcoleta: Cabinet filled with acting secretaries

2026-01-28 - 15:11

MANILA, Philippines — Is the Philippine government slowly being filled with de facto permanent secretaries? Sen. Rodante Marcoleta sounded the alarm on Wednesday over the supposedly growing number of crucial Philippine government agencies which are being led, not by duly confirmed Cabinet secretaries, but by officials who were merely serving in an “acting” capacity. READ: