{"id":189079,"date":"2018-11-10T06:20:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=189079"},"modified":"2018-11-10T06:20:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:20:32","slug":"palace-pleased-honasans-acceptance-head-dict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/10\/palace-pleased-honasans-acceptance-head-dict\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace pleased by Honasan\u2019s acceptance to head DICT"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_185453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185453\" style=\"width: 1366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185453\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-2.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/1-2-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Secretary Salvador Panelo\u2019s Press Briefing (Photo screengrabbed from PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday thanked Senator Gregorio &#8220;Gringo&#8221; Honasan II for accepting President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s offer to lead the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are glad that Senator Gregorio Honasan has accepted the offer of the President to join his official family and head the DICT,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo also congratulated Honasan and wished him all the best \u201cas he undertakes genuine reforms in the DICT\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the entry of a provisional new major player in the telecommunications industry, we are confident that the senator would provide good direction and sound management to the DICT, consistent with the President\u2019s priority programs beneficial to Filipino consumers in the areas of information, communications and technology,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Honasan accepted the President\u2019s offer after Duterte confirmed on Thursday his offer to the veteran lawmaker to be the next DICT secretary, replacing acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a better Philippines, a better government, for the Filipino people, and for a better future for our most precious children; I have decided to accept the offer of the President to help lead the DICT,\u201d Honasan said in a text message to media.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said the Palace will provide the public the formal appointment papers of Honasan once it is released by the Office of the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday thanked Senator Gregorio &#8220;Gringo&#8221; Honasan II for accepting President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s offer to lead the Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":185453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}