PRRD appoints Felongco as new PCUP chair

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Noel Kinazo Felangco as new chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP). (Photo: Noel Kinazo Felongco/Facebook)

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Noel Kinazo Felangco as new chairperson of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP).

Felangco, whose appointment was signed by President Duterte on Feb. 1, replaced Terry Ridon who was dismissed for excessive foreign travels.

A native of Davao City, Felongco was a former undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and has served as president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino- Laban ng Bayan (PDP Laban) Central Visayas.

Duterte has also appointed Romeo Halasan Jandugan as PCUP commissioner, replacing Melissa Aradanas.

Jandugan joined two other PCUP commissioners Randy Halasan and Norman Baloro.

The appointments of Felongco and Jandugan were released to the media on Thursday.

The PCUP was created through Executive Order No. 82 signed by the late former President Corazon Aquino on December 8, 1986.

PCUP serves as “direct link of the urban poor to the government in policy formulation and program implementation addressed to their needs.”

On March 29, 2012, Aquino’s son, former President Benigno Aquino III, issued Executive Order No. 69, strengthening the PCUP and transferring it to the Office of the President. (PNA)