{"id":256136,"date":"2020-05-26T07:28:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256136"},"modified":"2020-05-26T07:28:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:28:01","slug":"rj-jacinto-named-dict-undersecretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/26\/rj-jacinto-named-dict-undersecretary\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Jacinto named DICT undersecretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_256137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256137\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/19399298_10155513017781474_8264554340446097644_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-256137\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/19399298_10155513017781474_8264554340446097644_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/19399298_10155513017781474_8264554340446097644_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/19399298_10155513017781474_8264554340446097644_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roque said Jacinto\u2019s new designation was \u201cco-terminus with the appointing authority\u201d. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rj.guitarman\/photos\/a.10151984701456474\/10155513017781474\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rj.guitarman\/\">Ramon &#8220;RJ&#8221; Jacinto\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has tapped one of his presidential advisers, Ramon \u201cRJ\u201d Jacinto, as the new undersecretary of the\u00a0Department of Information and Communications Technology, Malaca\u00f1ang announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Jacinto\u2019s appointment paper was signed on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said Jacinto\u2019s new designation was \u201cco-terminus with the appointing authority\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Jacinto\u2019s appointment came after Duterte recently accepted the resignation of DICT Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. who resigned on January 31 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said the Palace was confident that Jacinto would be able to fulfill his job as the new DOST official.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that Usec. Jacinto will serve DICT with dedication and integrity and will contribute to achieving the Department&#8217;s mandate under the current administration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Before his new stint, Jacinto served as the Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs and Information Communications Technology, with the rank of undersecretary.<\/p>\n<p>Jacinto, a musician, and businessman campaigned for Duterte in the 2016 presidential elections. He also composed a campaign jingle for Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>Jacinto graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila with a degree in Economics.<\/p>\n<p>Jacinto continued his studies by taking up law at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has tapped one of his presidential advisers, Ramon \u201cRJ\u201d Jacinto, as the new undersecretary of the\u00a0Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":256137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256136","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256138,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256136\/revisions\/256138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}