{"id":261040,"date":"2020-07-09T06:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=261040"},"modified":"2020-07-09T06:58:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:58:52","slug":"duterte-appoints-new-commission-on-women-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/09\/duterte-appoints-new-commission-on-women-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte appoints new Commission on Women chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_261041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261041\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pcr-new-chair-montano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-261041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pcr-new-chair-montano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pcr-new-chair-montano.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pcr-new-chair-montano-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) commissioner Sandra Sanchez-Montano (Courtesy of PCR FB page via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has named Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) commissioner Sandra Sanchez-Montano as chairperson of the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed this in a virtual presser from Davao City on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ang bagong talagang<\/em>\u00a0commissioner\u00a0<em>po ay si<\/em>\u00a0(The new commissioner is) Miss Montano. So I can confirm\u00a0<em>po na ang isang<\/em>\u00a0(that a) sitting commissioner became the chairperson of the Commission on Women,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea also confirmed the new appointment in a text message to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said Montano\u2019s appointment is the prerogative of the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll presidential appointments\u00a0<em>po<\/em>\u00a0are presidential prerogatives. No explanations need to be given,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her appointment, Montano was the PCR commissioner representing the science and health sector.<\/p>\n<p>As a disaster preparedness advocate, she also founded the Community Health Education Emergency Rescue Services Corp.<\/p>\n<p>She will replace Rhodoro Bucoy, who resigned from her post on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to inform our stakeholders that Chairperson Bucoy tendered her resignation letter dated July 7, 2020 which is yet to be transmitted to our head agency, the Department of the Interior and Local Government,\u201d a PCW said on its official Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>PCW also denied rumors that Duterte fired Bucoy.<\/p>\n<p>Bucoy, appointed in October 2016, was a retired associate professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has named Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) commissioner Sandra Sanchez-Montano as chairperson of the agency. 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